Installed during the Cold War . To monitor the infrasound waves created by nuclear tests, a global network of highly sensitive detectors has been in place since the Cold War.

In the 1950s, the U.S. began focusing on nuclear propulsion as an effective way to power space exploration with projects ...

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...

A brief history of moon exploration. In the 1950s, the Cold War sparked a race to visit Earth's moon with flybys, robots, and crewed missions. Here's what we discovered—and what's next.

From the very first Cold War Geiger counters that were Sputnik and Explorer-1, ... Semiconductor chips have played a critical role in space exploration for over 60 years.