Preparations for Apollo 11 and the Moon landing led to multiple discussions on which tracking station would be in the…
Apollo 10 launched and performed a dress rehearsal for the moon landing. Apollo 10 tested out all the network components…
NASA launched Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 to Mars. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) tested out its high rate telemetry…
Apollo 8 tested not only the network tracking the spacecraft in the Earth’s orbit, but also in lunar orbit. The…
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2) was launched. The OAO program was developed to increase awareness of the benefits of…
Oct. 9, 1968 - The Launch Control Center was the backdrop for every Saturn V rollout from the Vehicle Assembly…
Armstrong research pilot (and future center director) John Manke emerges from the HL-10, NASA Langley’s 10th horizontal lander (lifting body).
Apollo 4, which was unmanned, transmitted in the Unified S-band (USB) and tested the entire Manned Space Flight Network system.…
The North American Aviation XB-70 triple-sonic bomber prototype aircraft No. 1. NASA used the pre-production bomber for high-speed research in…
Mariner 5 launched and traveled towards Venus. Mariner 5 traveled within 4,000 kilometers of Venus and as far out as…
