In the race to conquer space during the Cold War, America’s first major attempt to launch a satellite ended in national embarrassment. The Vanguard rocket program, intended to showcase US ...

Click to open image viewer. This is a Vanguard TV-2BU rocket, the U.S.'s first rocket specifically designed to launch satellites. As part of the Vanguard program, the Vanguard TV-2BU test vehicle was ...

The oldest piece of space junk still in orbit is the third stage of a US-made Vanguard rocket that was used to place the Vanguard 1 satellite in orbit on 17 March 1958. After separating from the ...

Click to open image viewer. This is the General Electric X-405 rocket engine for the first stage of the Vanguard launch vehicle. Vanguard was the first U.S. rocket specifically designed to launch a ...

Call of Duty: Vanguard might not feature the Tactical Nuke killstreak, but it does have the next best thing — V2 Rockets. Ending a match by deploying a V2 Rocket is the ultimate sign of dominance, so, ...

There might not be a Call of Duty: Vanguard Nuke Killstreak, though Sledgehammer Games’ sequel marks the return of the next best thing. The controversial V2 Rocket is making a comeback following its ...

On March 17, 1958, the Navy launched the Vanguard 1 satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, was sent into space on Jan. 31, 1958, some three months after the ...