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Current Astronauts in Orbit Exchange Notes with John Glenn
If you weren't able to watch live, this is a fun exchange between the current astronauts in orbit, talking with…
Friendship 7: 50th Anniversary of John Glenn’s Flight
On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, or Mercury 6, the first human orbital flight…
NASA Shuts Down Its Last Mainframe Computer
[/caption] NASA has just powered down its last mainframe computer. Umm, everyone remembers what a mainframe computer is, right? Well,…
Far Above the World
[/caption] 28 years ago today, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless left the relative safety of Challenger's payload bay and went untethered…
Newsreel Footage of Explorer 1
Here's a blast from the past: 54 years ago on January 31, 1958, Explorer 1 was the first satellite sent…
Remembering NASA’s Lost Astronauts
[/caption] Today is NASA’s Day of Remembrance, a occasion to recall the seventeen astronauts who have died in pursuit of…
A Wrinkled Moon
[/caption] Wrinkle ridges have been seen on the surface of the Moon for over a century. Studies of these interesting…
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Strait of Hormuz Shot from the International Space Station – World Strategic Flashpoint
[/caption]A beautiful and peaceful Christmas-time picture of The Strait of Hormuz was shot from the International Space Station (ISS) soaring…
Missions that Weren’t: One-Way Mission to the Moon
[/caption] When President Kennedy promised America a lunar landing in 1961, he effectively set the Moon as the finish line…
Missions that Weren’t: NASA’s Manned Mission to Venus
[/caption] In the mid-1960s, before any Apollo hardware had flown with a crew, NASA was looking ahead and planning its…