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. […]
Today (February 2) in 2006, the Deep Impact science team reported the first observation of water on the surface of a comet. […]
On Nov. 2, 2000, the Expedition 1 crew — Commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd of NASA and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev and Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko of Roscosmos — arrived at the International Space Station, marking the start of an uninterrupted human presence on the orbiting laboratory. […]
