Apollo 7 – Facts About Apollo’s Shakedown Flight
First Flight Of Apollo The Apollo 7 flight was tasked with carrying out the objectives of the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission which occurred 21 months earlier. Apollo 7 would flight…
Private Sub-orbital Spaceflights With Virgin Galactic
All Aboard SpaceShip II! Founded by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic is a spaceflight company that aims to take private space tourist on sub-orbital spaceflights. The flights would be aboard…
Russian Space Tourism To The International Space Station
Private Orbital Spaceflight! On account of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) experiencing cash shortages through the 1990’s, they decided to accept private space tourists to fly in the Russian Soyuz…
Space Tourism – Commercializing The New Frontier
Private Trips To Space Throughout history becoming an astronaut or space explorer has been a dream, for not just millions of children, but adults too and it’s closer than ever…
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…
Learn About Space Shuttle Challenger
The Shuttle That Disintegrated The Space Shuttle Challenger was the second Shuttle NASA put into service, with its maiden flight occurring on April 4, 1983. Challenger completed 9 missions, but…