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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 […]
As NASA’s Juno spacecraft approaches Jupiter, there has been growing interest among space enthusiasts in the views its camera will return. JunoCam, as it is called, […]
Over the last half a century or so, NASA has managed to land operating payloads on a number of bodies in our solar system. Naturally the […]
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 […]
There have been media reports about a propulsion technology under study that would allow Mars to be reached in just three days instead of the multi-month […]
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 […]
