On this day in 1961 Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel in space. Shepard’s suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida lasted only 15 minutes. The United States […]
On this day in 1961 Yuri Gagarin a 27 year old Soviet cosmonaut made the first successful manned space flight. During his flight aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1 Gargarin […]
On this day in 1962 Mercury astronaut John Glenn aboard Friendship 7 becames the first American to orbit the earth. John Glenn made three orbits in 4 hours and 55 […]
Homer Hickam turns 70 today. Homer Hickam is a former NASA engineer who wrote the memoir “Rocket Boys” which was the basis for the movie “October Sky.” Homer Hickam grew […]
On the evening of the Challenger disaster President Ronaldus Magnus went on television and paid tribute to the seven astronauts who gave their lives. One of the most memorable presidential […]
On January 28th, 1986 at 11:39am EST The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. A terrible disaster taking the lives of seven astronauts- Greg Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe who […]
