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As 1966 was nearing an end, preparations for the first manned Apollo mission planned for February 1967 were moving swiftly ahead. Almost lost in the flurry […]
At the dawn of the Space Age, the various branches of the US military all had their own grandiose plans for dominating space. Although the founding […]
As the year 1966 progressed, NASA was pushing hard to keep to its schedule so that Apollo could land on the Moon before the end of […]
While space enthusiasts tend to focus their attention on spacecraft and the rockets used to launch them, there is a lot more that is needed to […]
The year 1966 was a pivotal one in the race to reach the Moon. Testing of the Apollo spacecraft in preparation for the first manned flight […]
By the summer of 1966 it had already been five years since the late President John F. Kennedy had committed the United States to a manned […]
The year 1966 was a busy one for the US space program and its push to reach the Moon by the end of the decade. With […]
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 […]
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 […]
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