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NEWS ABOUT: Sputnik

Sputnik stories: 4 news summaries

Pentagon Inventing Group Hits 50, Looks to Next Strides

Freewheeling DARPA helped create the Internet

Apr 8, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A small Defense Department agency credited with inventing the Internet and rockets that sent men to the moon is turning 50, the Washington Post reports, and is fine-tuning its next innovations. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's work spans biology, satellites and aircraft; it has no permanent labs and its... More »

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Department of Defense • inventions • moon • Sputnik • DARPA • rockets

50 Highs and Lows Since Sputnik

Time counts down the top moments in space exploration

Oct 4, 07 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since Sputnik’s launch, space exploration has gone through some dizzying highs and tragic lows. Time recounts the top moments, replete with triumphs like John Glenn’s first earth orbit, tragic lows like the death of the Apollo 1 crew, and the many missteps in between – like the Soviets... More »

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NASA • space exploration • list • Sputnik

Space Race
Goes Private

Branson, tech peers
are 21st century answer to NASA

Oct 4, 07 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today’s wildest-eyed entrepreneurs were kids when Sputnik launched 50 years ago today, and they’re picking up the government’s slack by taking their inspiration spaceward. Men who made millions in technology are privatizing spaceflight, even egging each other on to compete: Google is offering $20 million to the... More »

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NASA • Richard Branson • Google • Sputnik • Apollo missions

Sputnik Ignited Era of Discovery

Oct 4, 07 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an era when billionaire tourists book rides in spaceships, launching a basketball-sized satellite into outer space might seem mundane. But when the Russians put Sputnik into orbit 50 years ago today, it kicked off much more than a Cold War competition. It signalled the start of an electrifying era... More »

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Russia • satellite • Cold War • Sputnik • space race

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