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Orion Griffin: Today in history: Launch of Sputnik 1
The Newberry Observer, S.C. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOct. 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 ...
Trouble For National Security? Fewer College Students Studying Foreign Languages
The 74 via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhen the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957, it...
A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe pockmarked Nevada Testing Site, strewn with craters from all the nuclear weapons tests that took...
Fact check: False claim US government admitted satellites are really balloons
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe claim: US government confirmed all satellites are just balloons A Feb. 3 Instagram post (direct...
Retro: When the Russians sent Sputnik 1 into space in 1957, a Maryland senator advocated for the...
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEarlier 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 ...
On This Day, Oct. 4: Plane crashes into Amsterdam apartment building
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn October 4, 1992, at least 43 people were killed when an El Al 747 cargo plane crashed into an...
Video: Watch the space race begin 66 years ago with footage of Explorer 1
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn Jan 31, 1958, the U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer 1. Watch original footage with...
Russia's war on Ukraine has caused lasting damage to international spaceflight cooperation
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDead sunflowers hang their heads as a destroyed Russian tank points towards a former frontline on...
What happens if you break the law in space — and 3 times people or governments have tested the rules
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAstronaut John Young saluting the flag while jumping, during the Apollo 16 mission, on April 21,...
Local history: Hudson fireworks maker planned trip to moon in 1929
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJim Sorgi always aimed high. The Hudson fireworks manufacturer gained international fame in 1929...