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Skylab 3 astronauts witnessed many spectacular sights during their 858 orbital trips around the Earth in the summer of 1973.…
Shortly after dawn on March 27, 2001, NASA pilot Bill Rieke took off from an airfield just outside of Phoenix…
On March 6, 1985, NASA’s newest space shuttle, Atlantis, made its public debut during a rollout ceremony at the Rockwell…
On March 2, 1995, space shuttle Endeavour launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its eighth trip into…
On March 3, 1915, the United States Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Although the NACA’s founding…
On Feb. 28, 1990, space shuttle Atlantis took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on STS-36, the sixth…
To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the organization that ultimately became NASA, the agency released a new collection of videos…
Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the Moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists believed the…
With two months to go before flight, the Apollo 13 prime crew of James Lovell, Thomas Mattingly, Fred Haise, and…
On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle…
On Feb. 8, 2010, space shuttle Endeavour began its 24th trip into space, on the 20A assembly mission to the…
The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space…
On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the…
On Jan. 19, 1965, Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its…
On Jan. 17, 1990, NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23…
2025 Seminar Series Throughout 2025, the NASA History Office is presenting a seminar series on the topic of Aerospace Latin…
With the historic first international space docking mission only six months away, preparations on the ground for the Apollo-Soyuz Test…
Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening…
Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley pre-dates a lot of things. The center existed before NASA – the very…
NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, is celebrating 85 years of cutting-edge research and development in space, life…
On Dec. 10, 1974, NASA launched Helios 1, the first of two spacecraft to make close observations of the Sun.…