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As 1966 began, NASA and its contractors were pushing forward with the first test flights of actual Apollo hardware in hopes of launching the first manned […]
In this age with a permanent human presence in orbit currently provided by the International Space Station (ISS), it seems hard to recall a time when […]
After a decades-long hiatus, we have finally restarted our exploration of the lunar surface using automated landers and rovers. While these missions almost make landing on […]
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 […]
During the earliest years of the Space Age, it seemed that the US Army’s Redstone missile was constantly present. On May 5, 1961 a modified Redstone […]
For many of today’s young space enthusiasts, the now-retired Space Shuttle remains the icon of spaceflight and is still held in high regard today. Many older […]
During the opening years of the Space Age, the Soviet Union managed to score a long string of space firsts taking an early lead in the […]
As 1966 began, NASA was well on its way towards its goal of reaching the Moon before the end of the decade. During 1965, a total […]
Ask any serious space enthusiast about the exploration of Venus and the Soviet Venera missions immediately come to mind. During the 1970s and first half of […]
For long time space enthusiasts like myself, the test flights of the Orion and other new crewed spacecraft in recent years is reminiscent of the first […]
For most of human history, the planets were distant bodies that could only be studied from afar and visited only in our imaginations. But with the […]
During the opening years of the Space Age, the Soviet Union managed to beat the United States to one Moon-related first after another: The first lunar […]
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