1976: A Bicentennial Landing on Mars
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 [...]
Skylab: Remembering America’s First Space Station
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 [...]
A Historic Meeting in Space:
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 45th Anniversary
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. [...]
When Atlantis Met MIR
25 Years Since STS-71
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 [...]
Untethered in Space: Bruce McCandless and the Manned Maneuvering Unit
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 [...]
The Dragon Delivers:
A Bold New Future for America in Space!
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 [...]
On the Wings of a Dragon:
Astronauts Launch From United States Again!
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 [...]
Saturn’s Secrets Revealed:
The 40th Anniversary Of The Voyager 1 Flyby
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 [...]
The Trailblazing Flights of Space Shuttle Enterprise
Almost four years before the Columbia Space Shuttle flew into space for the first time on April 12, 1981, another shuttle took to the skies for some important tests that would pave the way for [...]
The First Wheels on Mars:
Mars Pathfinder And Sojourner
On December 4, 1996 NASA launched its first mission to land on Mars in 20 years. Called Pathfinder, this would be only the third time NASA had attempted to land a spacecraft on Mars. The previous [...]
