Sixty years ago next week, the hopes of Cold War America soared into the night sky as a rocket lofted skyward above Cape Canaveral, a soon-to-be-famous barrier island off the Florida coast. The date ...

Wednesday marks the United States’ 60th anniversary in space with the launch of Explorer 1. The success of the fast-tracked mission, which carried the country’s first satellite into orbit, helped ...

Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on 31 January 1958. A quick response to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1, Explorer 1’s ...

Maj. Gen. John Medaris was not amused. Nearly four months earlier, the Soviet Union had stunned the world with the launch of Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957. Sputnik 2, ...

Explorer 1 was less than 2 meters long and weighed about 13.4 kg. The model William Hayward Pickering, James Van Allen, and Wernher von Braun are brandishing triumphantly in this photo is the ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama -- Since America's beginning, the U.S. Army led the nation in exploration of the continent, and this year it celebrates the 60th anniversary of leading the nation in the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on 31 January 1958. A ...