In July 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into space for the last time on the STS-135 mission. STS-135 was the 33rd flight of Atlantis, as well as the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, focused on delivering critical supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. […]
Fifty-three years ago this week, 26-year-old Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. […]
In July 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into space for the last time on the STS-135 mission. STS-135 was the 33rd flight of Atlantis, as well as the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, focused on delivering critical supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. […]
President Harry Truman signed bill […]
On July 16, 1969 at 9:32 a.m. Eastern Time, the Apollo 11 crew of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins launched toward the Moon.
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Fifty-three years ago this week, 26-year-old Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. […]
On January 3, 2004, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit landed at Gusev Crater on the Red Planet. Spirit launched on June 10, 2003, and spent nearly 6 months journeying to Mars. […]
In the summer of 1961, NASA was seriously considering the particulars of getting to the Moon by the end of the decade. One of the first questions on everyone’s mind was: “How do we actually get to and from the Moon?” […]
On April 13 1965, Walt Disney, Roy Disney, and other Disney executives visited the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Alabama.
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On March 25 in 1655, Christiaan Huygens discovered Saturn’s moon Titan.
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On March 7, 1970, 230 days after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, Richard Nixon issued his “Statement About the Future of the United States Space Program.” […]
On this day (February 19) in 1473, revolutionary astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born. […]
