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WHTM via Yahoo News· 1 day ago(WHTM) It all started with Sputnik. When Russia launched the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, scientists tracking its orbit noticed something ...
Oct. 4, 1957 - Sputnik, the Dawn of the Space Age - NASA
NASA· 6 days agoThe world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball, about 23 inches in...
Looking back at this week in history: May 5 - May 11
Tri-County Times· 13 hours agoNASA was established in 1958 to keep U.S. space efforts abreast of recent Soviet achievements, such as the launching of the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik ...
History Shows How to Win the Quantum Computing Race
Time via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAlthough many countries like the Soviet Union built nuclear weapons, none rivaled the U.S. in pioneering innovation. The Sovietlaunch of Sputnik in 1957...
How Pluto Got Its Heart
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPluto’s most recognizable feature is the giant, heart-shaped area in its southern hemisphere. NASA’s New Horizons mission camera only photographed this...
We know more about the surface of Mars than about the floor of Lake Michigan. But what we do know is...
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoAt the bottom of Lake Michigan, an underwater forest, a Russian satellite, more than 1,700...
The Pothole Lady: She's on a mission to cure Memphis' 'Pothole Blues' and make you smile
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSaid Presley: "I'm just bringing people together through potholes." To this end, she recently...
Russia is trying to exploit America's divisions over the war in Gaza
NBC News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn its information war against the U.S., Russia is using artificial intelligence and seeking to...
Don’t Mind the Missile Gap
The National Interest· 1 day agoIf we are to believe the nuclear hawks, the United States is at a perilous crossroads. China and Russia are expanding their nuclear arsenals and pouring resources into making them more survivable ...
Saudi Arabia steps up arrests of those attacking Israel online
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoSaudi Arabia has stepped up the arrest of citizens for social-media posts related to the...
