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 […]
Chuck Yeager turns 90 today. He was born on this day 1923 in Myra, West Virginia. Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to fly faster than sound back in 1947. On […]
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 […]
