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While launching crews into orbit has become routine with even commercial companies beginning to provide lift services for customers like the US government, it was far […]
With test flights of America’s latest generation of crewed spacecraft being followed by space enthusiasts around the globe, it is widely expected that these flights will […]
As 1959 opened, the newly created NASA appeared to be well on its way with Project Mercury. In January 1959 the Space Task Group (STG) based […]
As NASA started its first full calendar year of existence on January 1, 1959, groups of engineers and managers were busy starting up the various programs […]
On October 1, 1958 – days short of the first anniversary of Sputnik – the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially came into being. After […]
According to the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) which maintains records for aeronautical activities, the “official” threshold of space is at an altitude of 100 kilometers which […]