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Fifty years ago today, a beeping metal ball called Sputnik was launched into the blue yonder – and the course of human history was forever changed.
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What humanity chose to launch as artifacts of the Space AgeHow early missions like Pioneer and Voyager turned spacecraft into time capsules, carrying Earth's story across the stars.
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What we're sending into space now is a lot stranger than beforeCultural artifacts sent to space now include human remains, commemorative disks, and symbolic payloads from missions like SpaceX and UNESCO.
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by sending the first living creature into space, a stray dog named Laika.
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On November 3, 1957, Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first living creature to orbit Earth, but at a terrible cost.
Today in the history of astronomy, President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act.
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Disappearing Stars In The 1950s Associated With UAPs And Nuclear Weapons TestsA study looking at stars that vanished in the pre-Sputnik era has found an odd link with UAPs and nuclear weapons tests.
A pivotal moment in American and Brevard County history unfolded as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law.
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