The agency was created in 1958 by President Eisenhower in response to the launch of Sputnik. So Taylor was ... Roberts sketched a diagram of a possible network on a napkin and met with his team ...

Figure 1 Schematic diagrams of two superconducting flux qubit circuits. The conventional qubit (a) requires an external magnetic field to operate optimally, while the new flux qubit (b), using a ...

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But it looked like the USSR might beat us there. On Oct. 4, 1957, Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite successfully placed into orbit around the Earth. According the the US ...

Don't miss our top stories and need-to-know news everyday in your inbox. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. This groundbreaking ...

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the satellite that started the Space Race. Sputnik 1 was the first human-made object to orbit the Earth, and it set off a wave of fear and ...

Soon after the western world was taken by surprise by the launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October, 1957, Australians were told it might become naked eye visible after sunset. Millions of people looked to ...

This mysterious sound, emitted by the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik-1, travelled from Earth’s orbit into homes, schools and labs worldwide, capturing the imaginations of people all over ...