Neil Armstrong | The First Man On The Moon
Apollo 11 Commander! Neil Armstrong will forever be remembered for being the first human to walk on the surface of the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission, and uttering the…
Yuri Gagarin – The First Man In Space
The First To Space And To Orbit Earth Yuri Gagarin was born on the 9th of March 1934 near Gzhatsk in the former Soviet Union. Yuri became the first human…
Space Travellers – Interesting Fun Facts & Records!
Astronauts, Cosmonauts and Taikonauts! Professional space travellers are called different names in different places, such as Astronauts, Cosmonauts and Taikonauts, but they are all trained to either command, pilot or…
Lucy Spacecraft – Deep Space Traveller To Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
First Mission To The Trojans! Lucy is a planned NASA mission to fly-by 5 Jupiter Trojan asteroids, along with a main Asteroid belt object, and is set to launch in…
Facts About The Famous Arecibo Observatory
Studying Space's Radio Signals The Arecibo Observatory, located on the island of Puerto Rico, is 305-meter diameter radio telescope that was the world’s largest from 1963 until to 2016 when…
Apollo 14 – Shepard Goes Golfing On The Moon!
Return To The Moon The Apollo 14 mission was the third to land on the Moon and the eight manned mission of the Apollo program. The Lunar Module (LM) Antares…
Apollo 9 – Testing The Lunar Module In Earth Orbit
Taking The ‘Spider’ For A Spin The prime objective of the Apollo 9 flight was to carry out crewed testing of the Lunar Module (LM) while in the relative safety…
The Buran Spaceplane –The Reusable Soviet Shuttle
The Soviet Space Shuttle The Buran was the little heard about reusable Soviet spaceplane which was the equivalent of the United States Space Shuttle that launched on the Energia rocket.…
Soyuz Spacecraft – Russia’s Reliable Manned Workhorse
Soviet Space Taxi The Soyuz spacecraft was originally part of the Soviet lunar program, initiated in the 1960’s, that succeeded the Voskhod spacecraft. Designed and built by the renowned Russian…
Learn About Space Shuttle Endeavour
The Replacement Shuttle Endeavour, NASA's fifth and final Orbiter, was named after the British vessel HMS Endeavour which Captain Cook sailed on his voyage of discovery. Endeavour was built to…