The unmanned Skylab station was launched into orbit by a Saturn V booster. Almost immediately, technical problems developed due to…
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard Jr. became the first American in space when Freedom 7 was launched by a…
JSC2013-E-028655 (6 May 2013) -- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 36/37 backup crew member…
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The LAGEOS I, Laser Geodynamics Satellite, was launched on May 4,1976 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The two-foot diameter,…
These images of Earth were reconstructed from photos taken by three smartphones in orbit, or "PhoneSats." The trio of PhoneSats…
A model of NASA's Orion spacecraft glides to a successful touchdown during a test of its parachute system on Wednesday,…
A model of NASA's Orion spacecraft is loaded into the C-17 airplane that then dropped it from an altitude of…
