An emotional rescue for America came via the first U.S. artificial satellite. Explorer 1 was boosted into space by the Army on Jan. 31, 1958. Nevertheless, despite setbacks, Vanguard 1 did reach orbit ...

Vanguard 1 is less than the size of a basketball and even led Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to call it as “the grapefruit satellite.” As it was powered by six matchbox-sized solar panels ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The satellite Vanguard 1, launched on March 17, 1958, became the oldest man-made satellite still orbiting Earth. After 67 years in space, a group of scientists, aerospace engineers ...

An emotional rescue for America came via the first U.S. artificial satellite. Explorer 1 was boosted into space by the Army on Jan. 31, 1958. Nevertheless, despite setbacks, Vanguard 1 did reach ...