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This Month in Exploration - March
Fifty years ago, the Naval Research Laboratory launched Vanguard 1, the first solar-powered satellite. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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This Month in Exploration - February
Fifty-five years ago, the Bell X-1A rocketplane made its first powered flight. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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Astronauts Earn Honors
NASA astronauts are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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This Month in Exploration - January
Fifty years ago, the United States launched its first satellite into space, later discovering the Van Allen Belts. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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NASA Aviation Pioneer Richard Whitcomb Honored
Richard Whitcomb's intellectual fingerprints are on virtually every commercial aircraft flying today, says noted aviation historian Tom Crouch.
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This Month in Exploration - December
Thirty-five years ago, NASA launched Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon so far. Find out what else happened in December in This Month in Exploration.
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This Month in Exploration - November
Forty years ago, NASA launched the first Saturn V rocket, the largest launch vehicle ever made, to begin the Apollo 4 mission. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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NASA Honors Apollo 1's Roger Chaffee
NASA honors Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Chaffee with an Ambassador of Exploration Award.
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Neil Armstrong Shows How to Land on the Moon
The problem: land a vehicle before you take off in it, and do it the first time ever on an unimproved field no human has ever visited.
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NASA 50th Anniversary Essay Competition
NASA announces the 50th Anniversary Essay Competition for middle and junior high school students.