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With the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) routinely spending six or more months in orbit, it is sometimes forgotten that only a few decades […]
At this time there are several new heavy-lift launch vehicles being developed in the United States such as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the recently announced Vulcan being […]
A half century ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft had completed the first successful flyby of Mars on July 15, 1965 (Universal Time) and had already finished […]
Most space exploration enthusiasts are familiar with the story of Mariner 4: On July 15, 1965 (Universal Time), Mariner 4 made the first close encounter of […]
An advanced spacecraft streaking towards the most distant planetary encounter to date finally reaches its destination. As the spacecraft nears its closest approach to its target, […]
From the first flight of the Titan IIIC in 1965 to the last flight of the Titan IVB four decades later, the Titan III and IV […]
When space enthusiasts think of the Gemini 4 mission, they automatically remember the historic first American spacewalk by Edward White. While an important achievement, this feat […]
I still remember the night of December 6, 1972. I was in fifth grade at the time and my parents let me stay up well past […]
After the initial flurry of lunar mission launches in the opening years of the Space Age, the Soviet Union had amassed a significant list of Moon-related […]
On May 5, 1965, Soviet authorities officially announced that contact with the malfunctioning Zond 2 spacecraft had been lost three months before it reached Mars. Zond […]
After the launch of the first Soviet Sputnik satellites, the US found itself scrambling to get its first satellites into orbit. But in order to repair […]
The impact of the first human to fly into space can hardly be appreciated today in this age of a continuous human presence in Earth orbit. […]
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