Read more Sputnik stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14125/sputnik.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:17:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/23794/pentagon-inventing-group-hits-50-looks-to-next-strides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA small Defense Department agency credited with inventing the Internet and rockets that sent men to the moon is turning 50, the Washington Post reports, and is fine-tuning its next innovations. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's work spans biology, satellites and aircraft; it has no permanent labs and its...http://www.newser.com/story/23794/pentagon-inventing-group-hits-50-looks-to-next-strides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Apr 2008 19:15:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/8816/50-highs-and-lows-since-sputnik.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSince Sputnik’s launch, space exploration has gone through some dizzying highs and tragic lows. Time recounts the top moments, replete with triumphs like John Glenn’s first earth orbit, tragic lows like the death of the Apollo 1 crew, and the many missteps in between – like the Soviets launching a...http://www.newser.com/story/8816/50-highs-and-lows-since-sputnik.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Oct 2007 15:08:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/8811/space-race-goes-private.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToday’s wildest-eyed entrepreneurs were kids when Sputnik launched 50 years ago today, and they’re picking up the government’s slack by taking their inspiration spaceward. Men who made millions in technology are privatizing spaceflight, even egging each other on to compete: Google is offering $20 million to the first private team...http://www.newser.com/story/8811/space-race-goes-private.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Oct 2007 11:33:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/8794/sputnik-ignited-era-of-discovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an era when billionaire tourists book rides in spaceships, launching a basketball-sized satellite into outer space might seem mundane. But when the Russians put Sputnik into orbit 50 years ago today, it kicked off much more than a Cold War competition. It signalled the start of an electrifying era...http://www.newser.com/story/8794/sputnik-ignited-era-of-discovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Oct 2007 9:00:00 CDT