The original design would become Sputnik 3, which, as [Scott] puts it, was the first Soviet satellite that “didn’t suck.” The first one was essentially a stunt, and the second one had an ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...

Sputnik was hurled skywards on the experimental ... Launched in 1989, COBE (or Cosmic Background Explorer) was the first satellite dedicated to cosmological study; it uncovered temperature ...

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...

When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could receive the beeps transmitted by the satellite provided they had some ...

As the last remnant of the Soviet Venus program left in Earth’s orbit, Kosmos 482 is not your average piece of space junk ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...

Mars Science Laboratory (the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers); and Earth's first-ever artificial satellite, the Soviet-era Sputnik. Related: Sputnik: The space race's opening shot Chop Shop is ...

A little more than 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually ...