When the USSR launched Sputnik, the first orbiting satellite, the US worried it was falling behind. Eisenhower responded by creating a program to help more people afford college — and boost the US.

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden gave the order to shoot down a balloon, termed a “weather balloon” by Chinese officials. Off the South Carolina coast, two F-22 fighter jets from Langley Air ...

On Dec. 6, 1957, the Naval Research Laboratory attempted to launch Vanguard Test Vehicle 3, an answer to Sputnik and part of ...

Forty years ago, Sputnik and the Soviets set the course for a space race with the West. Now the satellite, the space race - and even the Soviet Union itself - are gone. But Sputnik’s legacy endures.

Oct. 4—66 years ago, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world into the space race after sending the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. Sputnik 1 weighed around 184 pounds and was ...

Russian’s orbiting satellite, Sputnik, was forced to share honors over the Berkshires last night with assorted phenomena, including high-flying military jets, shooting stars, the westbound mail plane ...

(WHTM) It all started with Sputnik. When Russia launched the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, scientists tracking its orbit noticed something interesting. As Sputnik orbited the Earth the frequency of ...