Launched in 1958 and silent since the Johnson era, Vanguard 1 is the oldest human-made satellite still orbiting Earth — and a ...

64 years ago, a man born in a tiny Russian village to a carpenter and a dairy farmer spent 108 minutes looking down at Earth.

Company is developing a commercial replacement for the ISS, which is planned to be retired at the end of the decade.

In the intense early days of the space race, a small, unusual satellite was launched into space sixty-seven years ago.