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 [...]
On Sunday, May 2, the astronauts of NASA’s Crew-1 mission returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown at 2:56 a.m. EDT off the coast of Panama City, Florida. Crew-1 launched on [...]
With a crew of four aboard, the SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft named Endeavour is poised to take flight for the second time on Friday morning, April 23 at 5:49 a.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in [...]
It was 60 years ago, on April 12, 1961, that the first human was launched into space aboard the Soviet Vostok 1 spacecraft. Onboard was 27-year-old cosmonaut and citizen of the Soviet Union, Yuri [...]
On Thursday, February 18, the Perseverance rover successfully landed at Jezero Crater on Mars after a six-and-a-half-month journey from Earth. The landing represented the [...]
On January 31, 1971, Apollo 14 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the first Apollo mission to the Moon since the failure of the Apollo 13 mission in April of 1970. [...]
The year 2021 will see several exciting space events take place. Here is a brief overview of just some of the highlights that are scheduled for the year. February will be the month of [...]
On December 1, 2020 at 10:11 a.m. Eastern time, the China National Space Administration’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft successfully landed near [...]
On Sunday, November 15th, the Crew Dragon Capsule Resilience lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a crew of four headed to the [...]
On November 2, 2020 NASA celebrated 20 years of occupancy of the International Space Station. The first crew to live on the station arrived on November 2, 2000. The Expedition 1 crew [...]
