Sputnik 1 was the world's first space satellite. It was successfully launched into space by a team of Russian scientists on October 4, 1957, from the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The name of the satellite, Sputnik, is the Russian word for "traveler."...

Sputnik 1 (Russian: "Спутник-1", "Satellite-1", or literally "Co-pather-1" byname ПС-1 (PS-1, i.e. "Простейший Спутник-1", or Elementary Satellite-1)) was the first artificial satellite to be put into outer space. Launched into...

MUCH HAS BEEN MADE DURING the past few weeks of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock. We celebrate the events honoring the courage, dignity and sacrifice of the Little Rock Nine that took place last...

Sputnik 1 plus 30 years: The long and the short of it Does the Space Age make you feel old? Or young? There are many people old enough to have families and established careers who were not even born when Sputnik...

Today is Thursday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2007. There are 88 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Fifty years ago, on Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit.On this...

Just a month after the Soviet Union stunned the world by putting the first artificial satellite into orbit, it boasted a new victory — a much bigger satellite carrying a mongrel dog called Laika.The mission, 50 years ago Saturday, ended sadly for Laika but helped...