From unbelievable images captured in space to predictions of asteroids colliding with Earth, we've researched a variety of claims related to NASA.

Sputnik Kicked The U.S. Space Agency Into Action The Soviet Union was originally working on a 3,000-pound satellite to send up, but its desire to beat the United States to space prompted it to ...

O n October 4, 1957, Earth received its first artificial satellite companion, Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union packed its ...

The worlds first artificial satellite, the Soviet Unions Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957. Just three months later, it ...

Both nations endeavored to perfect their satellites and launch first, and on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into orbit. Just a month after propelling the first satellite into ...

America won the ‘Space Race,’ but only after acknowledging that our schools were failing. We must do the same now.

Just a month later, on 3 November, the Soviet Union chalked up another iconic first, shooting Laika, the most famous of the Soviet space dogs, into orbit on the considerably larger Sputnik 2. She ...

Sputnik and its successors have altered the course of physics. Cadbury, D. Space Race: The Epic Battle between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space (HarperCollins, New York ...