FARGO — This month marks the 65th anniversary of the launch of the first weather satellite, TIROS-1. TIROS stands for Television Infrared Observational Satellite. The first pictures were fuzzy and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 1, 1960, the U.S. launched its first weather satellite into orbit. The satellite was named TIROS-1, which is short for ...

Sixty-five years ago today, the first successful weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. TIROS-1 was an attempt to see if we Earthlings could learn anything useful from ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Prior to the launch of the first weather satellite, getting current weather information involved looking at the sky and interpreting what you saw. However, at the turn of the 20th ...

Close your eyes. Think of the Earth. You probably instantly see a blue marble with large patches of lush and green land and wispy clouds swirling around the globe. You know exactly what the Earth ...

WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, the world’s first weather satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., opening a new and exciting dimension in weather forecasting. Leaders from NASA and the National ...

This month marks the sixtieth anniversary of the launch of the first weather satellite, TIROS-1. TIROS stands for Television Infrared Observational Satellite. The first pictures were fuzzy and very ...

On April 1, 1960, the U.S. launched its first weather satellite into orbit. The satellite was named TIROS-1, which is short for Television Infrared Observation Satellite. TIROS-1 launched on a ...