When did the space age begin? In terms of astronomy, you can go all the way back to 1957, when the Russians launched a polished 183-pound sphere the size of a beach ball away from Earth and into its orbit. Sputnik 1, Earth’s first artificial satellite, has sparked a race to the cosmos between the […]
[ad_1] When did the space age start? In terms of astronomy, you can take it back to 1957, when the Russians threw a 183-pound polished sphere the size of a beach ball away from Earth and into its orbit. Sputnik 1, Earth’s first man-made satellite, sparked a race to the cosmos between the United States […]