From Sputnik's lonely orbit to today's crowded skies, satellites shape our world in many ways. But how many are up there, and ...
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Russia Prepares Its Counterattack: A Powerful Rival to Starlink Already in Orbit
In a significant move to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink, Russia is accelerating the development of its own satellite internet ...
The Soviet Union's October 1957 launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, stunned the U.S., which reckoned it had a commanding lead in "the Space Race." Some of the clever software ...
The Soviet Union’s launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957 ignited a revival of science education in America. At the time, Americans assumed they were far ahead in a new frontier of science. They ...
50 years after the Soviets kicked off the Space Age with Sputnik, the story of the satellite's launc
MOSCOW When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension. People watched what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a non-flying, staatic display ...
A surprise advance in technology. In 1957, Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first space satellite and caught the world off guard, especially the United States. Sputnik caused the U.S. to move quickly ...
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