The 16th Shuttle flight: The Syncom/Leasat communications satellite rolls out of Discovery’s payload bay, the Omni antenna folded down at.… Read more Forty years ago: STS 51-D, “The Omni is still Down”
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Sixty years ago: Leonov takes a walk on the wild side
March 18, 1965: Alexei Leonov floats outside Voskhod 2 on history’s first spacewalk. ***** Sixty years ago today the world… Read more Sixty years ago: Leonov takes a walk on the wild side
Mirror, Mirror: January 1985 & January 1986 (Part 2)
Thirty-nine years ago: The Challenger crew leaves for the pad, led by Dick Scobee, followed by Judy Resnik, Ron McNair,… Read more Mirror, Mirror: January 1985 & January 1986 (Part 2)
Mirror, Mirror: January 1985 & January 1986 (Part 1)
Forty years ago: Discovery is launched on the 15th Shuttle flight ***** Two Januaries a year apart circle each other… Read more Mirror, Mirror: January 1985 & January 1986 (Part 1)
55 years ago: Dust
Nov. 20, 1969: Apollo 12’s commander, Pete Conrad inspects Surveyor III. The Lunar Module Intrepid sits in the distance beyond… Read more 55 years ago: Dust
40 Years ago: Mission 14 snares a second satellite
Nov. 14, 1984: Dale Gardner stings the Westar satellite, the circular braking plate visible like a steering wheel. ***** The… Read more 40 Years ago: Mission 14 snares a second satellite
40 years ago: The 14th Shuttle mission switches to “Plan B” to retrieve satellite
Nov. 12, 1984: Joe Allen, at right, latches onto the stranded Palapa communications satellite. ****** Early on Nov. 12, 1984,… Read more 40 years ago: The 14th Shuttle mission switches to “Plan B” to retrieve satellite
40 years ago: 14th Shuttle flight launches on most ambitious mission since Apollo
Nov. 8, 1984: The chase is on! Discovery launches on a flight two deploy two communications satellites and retrieve two… Read more 40 years ago: 14th Shuttle flight launches on most ambitious mission since Apollo
40 Years ago: Bob Crippen finally lands one at KSC
Oct. 13, 1984: Challenger, under the control of Bob Crippen, lands at the Kennedy Space Center to conclude Shuttle mission… Read more 40 Years ago: Bob Crippen finally lands one at KSC
60 years ago: Voskhod 1 — an “Apollo class” spacecraft flies?
The Voskhod 1 crew (L to R) of Komarov, Yegorov and Feoktistov. ***** Sixty years ago today, October 12, the… Read more 60 years ago: Voskhod 1 — an “Apollo class” spacecraft flies?
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