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What is DARPA? The rich history of the Pentagon’s secretive tech agency
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 4 as seen in 2017. For a time, this vehicle was...
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...
Nearly 30,000 objects are hurtling through near-Earth orbit. That’s not just a problem for space
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn low-earth orbit, objects can collide at around 23,000 miles an hour, enough for even the tiniest...
On this date: Precision GPS for everybody!
WHTM via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago(WHTM) It all started with Sputnik. When Russia launched the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, scientists tracking its orbit noticed something...
Orion Griffin: Today in history: Launch of Sputnik 1
The Newberry Observer, S.C. via Yahoo News· 7 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 ...
Scientists Sound the Alarm Over a Growing Trash Problem in Space
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn artist's conception of just some of the trillions of pieces of debris orbiting the Earth Credit -...
America Is Facing a Shortage of STEM Teachers: Here’s One Way to Solve It
The 74 via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEver since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit on Oct. 4, 1957, America has been struggling...
Watch the Final Moments of a Dead Satellite As It Tumbles Through the Atmosphere
SYFY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBetween the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and today, humanity has collectively dropped tens of thousands...
China Claims It’s Testing 6G in Orbit Right Now. Whatever That Means.
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 3 months agoChina Claims It’s Testing 6G in Orbit Right Now.Weiquan Lin - Getty Images As technology progresses...
Russian Space Agency Sells Bonds To Fuel Satellite Program
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