Ten Things You Should Know About The Atlas V Rocket
Swiss Watch Of Rockets The Atlas V medium-heavy lift rocket is an expendable launch system operated by the United Launch Alliance (ULA). The first stage utilizes a Russian RD-180 rocket…
Private Sub-orbital Spaceflights With Blue Origin
Space Tourism Blue Origin is an American aerospace and space tourism company which is planning to launch paying customers into space aboard their reusable New Shepard launch vehicle in 2019.…
Learn About John Young’s Prodigious Astronaut Career
Record-Breaking Astronaut! John Young lives and breathes spaceflight enjoying the longest NASA career as an astronaut and becoming the first person to make six spaceflights as pilot or commander of…
Astronaut John Glenn – First American To Orbit Earth
True American Hero Before John Glenn was a NASA astronaut he had a distinguished career as fighter and test pilot for the US Navy. In 1959 he was selected to…
Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova – First Women In Space!
New Heights For Women Valentina Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who became the first women in space on June 16th 1963 when she piloted the Vostok 6 spacecraft. Valentina…
Apollo 17 – The Final Apollo Moon Landing
Record Breaker Apollo 17 was the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon. It was the third long-duration ‘J-type’ mission and included the use of the Lunar…
Apollo 16 – Landing In The Lunar Highlands
Rock Hunt In The Descartes The Apollo 16 mission was the fifth to land on the Moon and the tenth manned mission of the Apollo program. It was the second…
Apollo 15 – First Astronauts To Rove On The Moon!
Lunar Rover Debuts The Apollo 15 mission was the fourth to land on the Moon and the ninth manned mission of the Apollo program. It was the first of the…
Apollo 13 – “Houston We’ve Had A Problem”
Emergency In Space The Apollo 13 mission was intended to be the 3rd to land on the Moon however, the landing attempt was aborted when an oxygen tank exploded en…
Apollo 12 – Rendezvous With The Lunar Probe Surveyor 3
Pinpoint Landing The Apollo 12 mission was the second to land on the Moon on November 19th 1969 and the sixth manned mission of the Apollo program. The Lunar Module…