After a three-decade career as a NASA engineer, Jim Batterson knows science. As a former teacher and School Board member in Newport News, he also knows education. Now Batterson, a Suffolk resident, is ...

The word ‘Sputnik’ originally meant ‘fellow traveler’ but has become synonymous with ‘satellite’ in modern Russian. Advisory Alert: It has come to our attention that certain individuals are ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The western lobe of Pluto's famous heart has a new name. Members of NASA's New Horizons mission ...

Sixty years ago today, humanity launched the first living creature to orbit. On Nov. 3, 1957, the Soviet Union lofted a dog named Laika aboard the satellite Sputnik 2. The milestone came less than a ...

During a speech at the UN General Assembly in September, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the organisation’s employees be provided with the Russian vaccine against coronavirus free of ...

Russia launched Sputnik, the first-ever artificial satellite at the height of Cold War in 1957, leaving behind its rival United States. The satellite was launched aboard a Soviet R-7 rocket from what ...