30 Years Ago: STS-64 Astronauts Test a Spacewalk Rescue Aid
On Sept. 9, 1994, space shuttle Discovery took to the skies on its 19th trip into space. During their 11-day mission, the STS-64 crew of...
Category : NASA History
NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics researcher notes the conditions on the P-39L after...
MESSENGER – From Setbacks to Success
20 Min Read MESSENGER – From Setbacks to Success This view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign...
Celebrating NASA’s Coast Guard Astronauts on Coast Guard Day
Each Aug. 4, Coast Guard Day commemorates the founding on Aug. 4, 1790, of the U.S. Coast Guard as the Revenue-Marine by Secretary of the...
25 Years Ago: STS-93, Launch of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
On July 23, 1999, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on its 26th trip into space, to deliver its heaviest payload ever – the...
55 Years Ago: One Year Before the Moon Landing
In July 1968, much work still remained to meet the goal President John F. Kennedy set in May 1961, to land a man on the...
15 Years Ago: STS-127 Delivers Japanese External Platform to Space Station
On July 15, 2009, space shuttle Endeavour began its 23rd trip into space, on the 2JA mission to the International Space Station, the 29th shuttle...
45 Years Ago: Skylab Reenters Earth’s Atmosphere
A few days before they left Skylab on Feb. 8, 1974, the final crew to occupy the station raised its altitude, hoping to keep it...
Fourth of July Holidays in Space
It may seem remarkable that no American spent the Fourth of July holiday in space for the first 21 years of human spaceflight. Not until...
55 Years Ago: One Month Until the Moon Landing
With the dress rehearsal completed during Apollo 10 in May 1969, only a few weeks remained until Apollo 11, the actual Moon landing mission to...
