Humanity’s fascination with speed has never ceased, as evidenced by our progress from rudimentary wheels to sophisticated supersonic jets. The latest triumph in this relentless pursuit of speed is the ...

On Aug. 11, 1960, part of the Discoverer 13 satellite became the first human-made object to be recovered from Earth's orbit. The United States Department of Defense launched the mission as part of the ...

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As Voyager becomes the first human-made object to enter interstellar space, it also carries the first human-made mixtape destined for such depths of the universe. A recent article in Voice of America ...