The closest planet to the Earth, Venus, has been in the news recently with the discovery of phosphine gas in its atmosphere. An international team of astronomers has presented [...]
On May 7, 1992, the Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on its first flight into space. The mission was STS-49, and it would turn out to be a record-breaking [...]
As NASA celebrates the recent launch of the Perseverance Mars Rover, let’s take a look back at the very first successful NASA spacecraft landing on Mars. It happened during the United [...]
While the International Space Station has been an ongoing project for NASA for over 20 years, it is not the first space station that the United States was involved with. After the final Apollo [...]
In May 1972, an agreement was reached between the United States and the Soviet Union that would set the stage for an historic meeting in space. At the height of the cold war, President Richard M. [...]
2020 marks the 25th anniversary of a milestone mission in the 30 year history of the Space Shuttle program. While there were many important space shuttle missions, STS-71 stands out because it [...]
When the Space Shuttle began flying in 1981 one of its promised goals was to repair and service satellites in orbit that had malfunctioned. Since most satellites were extremely expensive at this [...]
On Saturday, May 30, 2020, an almost nine year long hiatus in launching astronauts from United States soil was finally broken. The successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon [...]
NASA is preparing for a momentous day on May 27, 2020. Barring any unforeseen delays, this is the day that astronauts will launch once again from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It will mark [...]
In 1980, Voyager 1 became only the second space probe to ever fly past the planet Saturn. Voyagers 1 and 2 were twin space probes that were launched in 1977. They were designed for what was to be [...]
