NASA’s Explorer 6 satellite was launched Aug. 7, 1959, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft’s mission was to study Earth’s magnetic fields and radiation, as well as cosmic rays, geomagnetism, ...

Once upon a time, when Microsoft and Netscape were slugging it out for Internet supremacy, the release of a new version of either company's Web browser was a big deal. Those releases came fast and ...