MOSCOW When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a ...

Sixty-eight years ago today, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, into orbit. Once in space, Sputnik transmitted a continuous radio signal ...

The Sputnik 8K71PS rocket streaks across the sky over Montreal on its way to deliver Sputnik 1 into orbit. Scientists from the California Institute of Technology track Sputnik 1 from a mobile van.

Sixty-eight years ago, the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching Sputnik 1 and igniting the space race. Today, new Sputnik moments loom on the horizon, and the stakes are far higher. The country ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space, simultaneously launching the USSR and the United States into a space race.

The Soviet Union ignited the space race with a rocket originally designed to deliver a 3-ton nuclear warhead across ...

Originally published: Challenge to Apollo : the Soviet Union and the space race, 1945-1974. Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2000. Presage -- First steps -- Stalin and ...

The Space Race, a fascinating era of the 20th century, captivated the world with its heroic goals and technological feats. While the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 remains an iconic historical moment, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray ...

What was the Sputnik "panic"? -- The most fateful decision of his presidency? -- Eisenhower's reaction to Sputnik -- Space and Eisenhower's principles -- Cheerleader-in-chief -- Gloom, gloom, gloom -- ...

The Kansas City Zoo is on a roll - four king penguin chicks have hatched, and they are already stealing hearts. The City of Overland Park is rolling out a Safe Streets Plan aimed at cutting down on ...