I heard a radio interview yesterday with Craig Nelson, the author of Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, who was talking about the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

In an Oval Office meeting a few days after Soviet Russia launched Sputnik in October 1957, two points emerged. Eisenhower’s deputy defense secretary, Donald Quarles, told the president that “there was ...

sphere with a big impact. Click on the image to relive the start of the space age in pictures. Now I know how post-Apollo kids feel. Just as some folks were born a little too late to remember what the ...

Just over 60 years ago, on October 4, 1957, humankind reached for the stars for the first time. Sputnik. The world’s first artificial satellite was really nothing more than a radio transmitter housed ...

We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing in response to Soviet success with Sputnik and cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin ...

Like many other early Baby Boomers, I have been periodically in awe of our various space adventures since the launch of Sputnik in 1957. I use the expression “periodically in awe,” as sometimes a ...

Ever since humans have looked up at the night sky, there have been wild theories about the moon and its power over us. Here are five myths that maintain a hold on many people's imaginations. Myth No.

A 23-inch Soviet spacecraft called Sputnik rocketed into orbit around the Earth 50 years ago this week, jolting a technologically complacent United States, opening the Space Age and launching a Cold ...

In the annals of history, moments of profound technological disruption often serve as wake-up calls for entire nations. The release of DeepSeek’s innovative and efficient artificial intelligence model ...

Fifty yearsago today, a small satellite -- the world's first built and launched by humans-- rocketed into orbit, beaming down a series of beeps that heralded the comingSpace Age to anyone listening on ...

Apollo Hospitals and Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Monday said they are collaborating to initiate a COVID-19 vaccination programme with Sputnik V. The first phase of the programme will kick off with ...