In 1929, American paper currency was reduced in size as the government began issuing bills that were approximately 25 percent smaller. In 1962, AT&T's Telstar 1 communications satellite, capable of ...

Fifty years ago today, the Space Age gave birth to the age of satellite communication as we know it today — though it wasn't clear at the time just how world-changing that outer-space angle would turn ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Launched on July 10, 1962, Telstar 1, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — In the summer of 1962, the world was teetering on the brink of a new era. In the cold void of space, above Earth’s atmosphere, the Telstar communication satellite had begun its ...

Today, July 12, marks the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast from the Telstar satellite, the first commercial satellite in orbit. These broadcasts heralded a sea change in the way we communicated ...

Fifty years ago this week a Delta rocket roared into space carrying a payload that sparked a revolution in the way the world communicates. On board the rocket, launched on July 10, was Telstar, the ...

Prelaunch checkout of the receiver that registers instructions radioed from the ground. (Photo by B. Anthony Stewart, originally published in National Geographic. Launched 50 years ago today, Telstar ...

Successful launch of Telstar Satellite on July 10, 1962. WBDO TV was the only the Florida station there to report it and was the first station in the world to show these kinds of films.

The story of how the Bell System, in cooperation with NASA, developed the Telstar satellite and participated in the launch and the subsequent successful transmission of signals to and from the earth ...