Featured in sputnikBYTeam MightyDec 13, 2022ShareHow the Soviet Space Program pranked NASA with a first moon landingIn 1957, the Soviet Space Program stunned the world when it launched the first artificial satellite into orbit. Observers in the United States and around the world would gather to… BYTeam MightyDec 13, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyOct 4, 2022ShareToday in military history: Soviet Union launches SputnikOn Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, becoming the first country to put a satellite in space. Sputnik, which means “satellite” or “fellow traveler” in Russian, was… BYTeam MightyOct 4, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyJul 16, 2021ShareHow the CIA stole a secret Soviet satellite during the Space RaceIn 1967, the Space Race was in full swing. The Soviet Union had made a number of historic firsts, but the United States was racing to catch up while making… BYTeam MightyJul 16, 2021ShareBYToday I Found OutApr 29, 2020ShareThis is how GPS actually works – and why some devices might stop workingDeveloped over the course of decades, GPS has become far more ubiquitous than most people realize. Not just for navigation, its extreme accuracy in time keeping (+/- 10 billionths of a second) has been used by countless businesses the world over for… BYToday I Found OutApr 29, 2020Share
BYTeam MightyDec 13, 2022ShareHow the Soviet Space Program pranked NASA with a first moon landingIn 1957, the Soviet Space Program stunned the world when it launched the first artificial satellite into orbit. Observers in the United States and around the world would gather to… BYTeam MightyDec 13, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyOct 4, 2022ShareToday in military history: Soviet Union launches SputnikOn Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, becoming the first country to put a satellite in space. Sputnik, which means “satellite” or “fellow traveler” in Russian, was… BYTeam MightyOct 4, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyJul 16, 2021ShareHow the CIA stole a secret Soviet satellite during the Space RaceIn 1967, the Space Race was in full swing. The Soviet Union had made a number of historic firsts, but the United States was racing to catch up while making… BYTeam MightyJul 16, 2021Share
BYToday I Found OutApr 29, 2020ShareThis is how GPS actually works – and why some devices might stop workingDeveloped over the course of decades, GPS has become far more ubiquitous than most people realize. Not just for navigation, its extreme accuracy in time keeping (+/- 10 billionths of a second) has been used by countless businesses the world over for… BYToday I Found OutApr 29, 2020Share
