As we approach the 60th anniversary of the human race becoming a spacefaring species, Sputnik nostalgia will no doubt be on the rise. And rightly so — even though Sputnik was remarkably ...

By Anton Troianovski Radio Sputnik, a propaganda arm of the Russian government, began broadcasting on three Kansas City-area radio stations during prime drive time. By Neil MacFarquhar Many of the ...

Americans certainly remember Sputnik. At a time when the world was larger and scarier, the Soviets had a metal basketball flying over the United States and the rest of the world. It made people ...

Local official Galina Bordadymova is proud of Russia's scientific breakthrough When officials in Sputnik village announced recently that they would be offering Russia's Sputnik V vaccine at the ...

It was the beginning of the space age: the launch by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 of Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite. With the Soviet Union and the US locked in an ...

Launched on August 19 1960, Korabl-Sputnik 2, also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. It was the first ...

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 ...

Qatar News Agency (QNA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia’s Sputnik News Agency and Radio, aiming to enhance media cooperation and news exchange between the two agencies.

Several European countries have shown interest in Sputnik although the EU's medicines agency is yet to approve it It's no coincidence that Russia has christened its Covid vaccine Sputnik V.

Sputnik 1 was the object that began the era of space exploration when it was launched from the USSR in 1957. Many people will remember the wonder of hearing the regular 'beeps' of the radio signal ...