The Star Trek franchise has had an enormous impact on science fiction and pop culture since the original series premiere on September 8, 1966. What may be less well known is the degree to which [...]
The NASA Apollo Program accomplished six successful Moon landings in less than four years. Apollo 11 and 12 landed in 1969, Apollo 14 and 15 in 1971, and Apollo 16 and 17 in 1972. There were [...]
After nearly a decade of designing, building, and testing, The Artemis 1 Mission is now ready to launch. NASA is currently targeting Monday, August 29, 2022, as the first liftoff date. September [...]
On March 2, 1972, NASA launched Pioneer 10, its first space probe to the planet Jupiter. No previous space probe had ever ventured out this far. It carried eleven different scientific [...]
April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 lifted off the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The destination for this fifth lunar landing was a region in the Descartes Highlands area of the Moon. [...]
After years of planning and testing, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is finally nearing its launch date. The telescope is named for James E. Webb, who was the administrator [...]
The Dragon Spacecraft named Endeavour returned to Earth on Monday, November the 8th with a nighttime splash down off the Florida coast at 10:33 p.m. EST. The [...]
It was 64 years ago that the space age truly began with the launch of the first artificial orbital satellite. Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4th, 1957, from [...]
The recent SpaceX launches have made a point of sharing the zero-g indicators astronauts use to float around the capsules as they launch into space including a stuffed globe, a stuffed dinosaur, [...]
On May 18, 1969, the Apollo 10 mission lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the only Apollo mission to launch from Launch Complex 39B. The purpose of the Apollo 10 [...]
