February 7, 1984: Bruce McCandless flies the first test of the Manned Maneuvering Unit. ***** It’s February 7, 1984, the fifth… Read more Forty years ago: Flying free for the first time

February 3, 1984: The Westar communications satellite rises from Challenger’s payload bay on launch day of the tenth Shuttle flight. *****… Read more Forty years ago: STS-11, by any other name

Outside for a look at a comet: A Skylab 4 astronaut holds onto a strut to the Apollo Telescope Mount. *****… Read more 50 years ago: Skylab 4 sets a new pace

Fifty-five years ago: Apollo 8 entered lunar gravity. (A TV view of Frank Borman during the transit to the Moon.) ***** As… Read more Apollo 8: Across the cosmic barrier

Mary Cleave, Feb 5, 1947 – Nov. 27, 2023 ***** On January 2, 1990, Mary Cleave gained that rare thing,… Read more Mary Cleave: A flight not taken

December 8, 1983: As onboard computers fail, Columbia touches down five orbits late. ***** We’re ready to come home.  It’s… Read more Forty years ago: STS-9 — stuck in orbit?

The Spacelab laboratory module flies aboard Columbia on STS-9, launched Nov. 28, 1983. ***** Think the Shuttle is operational after… Read more Forty years ago: Spacelab flies for first time

****** This is us, the final crew to the Skylab space station, the first all rookie crew since Gemini in… Read more 50 years ago: Skylab 4 begins comet chase

***** You know Frank Borman.  You know him as the commander of Apollo 8, the first flight to orbit the… Read more Frank Borman, 1928 – 2023

The original Apollo 13 crew: Ken Mattingly at center, flanked by Jim Lovell (L) and Fred Haise. ****** He was… Read more T.K. “Ken” Mattingly, 1936 – 2023