Apollo 11 – “The Eagle Has Landed”
First Moon Landing Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight to put humans on the surface of the Moon when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Eagle Lunar Module (LM)…
Apollo 10 – The Moon Landing ‘Dress Rehearsal’
Landing Trial Run The Apollo 10 mission was the first ‘all up’ flight of the equipment required for a lunar landing to be flown around the Moon. The Lunar Module…
Apollo 8 – Man’s Historic First Flight To The Moon
Destination Moon It was somewhat of a last minute decision to send the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon, becoming the first time a manned spacecraft had left Earth and…
Apollo 1 – Learn About The Tragic First Apollo Mission
Destination Moon The Apollo 1 mission was planned to be the first manned flight to test the new Apollo spacecraft in space with the aim to orbit Earth for 14…
Vostok 1 – The Soviet’s Spacecraft That Won The Race To Space
The First Man In Space Vostok 1 was the name of the spaceflight that first launched a human into Space. It was the first mission of the Soviet manned Vostok…
Learn About Space Shuttle Atlantis
The Shuttle That Completed The Last Mission! NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis was the fourth operational Shuttle to go into service with its first mission launching on 3rd October 1985, by…
Learn About Space Shuttle Discovery
NASA’s Most Successful Shuttle! The Space Shuttle Discovery was the third of five operational ‘orbiters’ to be flown by NASA from 1984 until its retirement in 2011. Discovery completed 39…
Soviet And Russian Spacecraft Throughout History
Red Star In Space The Soviet space programs have achieved many space exploration milestones. The Vostok program launched the first man and women into space! The short-lived Voskhod program that…
Boeing’s Commercial CST-100 Starliner Crew Capsule
The Reusable Starliner Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, developed in collaboration with NASA’s Commercial Crew Development Program (to foster private space capabilities) was one of two selected to transfer astronauts and cargo…
SpaceX’s Dragon – The Private Space Cargo Truck!
Puff The Magic Dragon SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was developed in collaboration with NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (set up to foster private space capabilities) to transfer cargo to and from…