ACTOR WILLIAM SHATNER- AKA JAMES T. KIRK– 86 TODAY
Actor William Shatner turns 86 today. Shatner will forever be known for his role as Captain James Tiberius Kirk in the original “Star Trek” television series. Hard to believe […]
Category Archives: Space Flight
“GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN”-JOHN GLENN BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN ASTRONAUT TO ORBIT THE EARTH ON FRIENDSHIP 7- 55 YEARS AGO TODAY.
On this date 55 years ago astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth when he piloted his Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 around the earth three times. […]
Astronaut Alan Shepard Becomes First American In Space-This Day 1961
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 […]
Yuri Gargarin Makes First Successful Manned Space Flight- This Day 1961
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 […]
Astronaut John Glenn Becomes First American To Orbit The Earth-This Day 1962
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 First Pilot To Fly Faster Than Sound- 90 Today
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 […]
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