Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A scientist on Operation Plumbbob told ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — August 7, 1957, was a busy day at the Nevada Test Site. On this day in history, Operation Plumbbob was underway in the desert north of Las Vegas. The operation included 29 ...

In the mid-1950s, the public was beginning to worry about the health consequences of nuclear fallout. In an effort to assuage the public, the U.S. Air Force thought it would be a good idea to conduct ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the 1950s, part of developing the US military’s arsenal of ...

A picture from nuclear tests, codenamed Stokes, involving airships in 1957 during Operation Plumbbob.National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office In 1957, the US military tested whether ...

This appendix presents an evaluation of a unit dose reconstruction for a participant group called Task Force WARRIOR at Operation PLUMBBOB, Shot SMOKY at the NTS (Goetz et al., 1979). The committee’s ...

It's hard to determine just how many veterans became ill because they were at nuclear test sites, but one soldier who witnessed more than 20 bomb... Veteran: Risks In 1950s Bomb Test 'A Disgrace' In ...

Robert Brownlee was on the Operation Plumbbob team that launched an object in space before Sputnik. They put a manhole cover above a nuke underground, and the explosion shot the iron cap into space.

When I first saw this story on an old Quora thread, I didn't believe it. It wasn't like that. This manhole cover was shot into space with a nuclear bomb. Robert Brownlee, an astrophysicist who ...