Fifty years ago today, on July 12, 1962, the first ever live television signal was beamed across the Atlantic Ocean, ushering in a new era of communications that paved the way for the globally ...

Yesterday was a rather big anniversary. It was fifty years since the first live pictures from America were broadcast to Europe, via Telstar 1, the first communications satellite to relay a television ...

The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges. The ...

Telstar pushes international communications to the next level. 1962: The Telstar 1 communications satellite relays the first trans-Atlantic television signal in history. Telstar was the product of an ...

— AT&T’s Telstar 1 gained international fame its first day in orbit and opened the public’s eyes to the possibilities of satellite communications, though it would later become a dead end in the ...

Fifty years ago today, the Space Age gave birth to the age of satellite communication as we know it — though it wasn't clear at the time just how world-changing that outer-space angle would turn out ...

Image of the Telstar 1 satellite. Telstar was launched by NASA on July 10, 1962, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and was the first privately sponsored space-faring mission. Two days later, it relayed the ...

The first live trans-Atlantic television satellite broadcast took place on July 23, 1962, and was made via AT&T’s Telstar 1 satellite. Telstar had been launched 13 days prior to the broadcast by a ...

Image of the Telstar 1 satellite. Telstar was launched by NASA on July 10, 1962, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and was the first privately sponsored space-faring mission. Two days later, it relayed the ...

Fifty years ago today, the Space Age gave birth to the age of satellite communication as we know it today — though it wasn't clear at the time just how world-changing that outer-space angle would turn ...