Gemini V: Paving the Way for Long Duration Spaceflight

Gemini V: Paving the Way for Long Duration Spaceflight

During the summer of 1965, the United States began to pull even in the space race with the Soviet Union. The eight-day Gemini V endurance mission doubled America’s spaceflight record set two months earlier. It also tested technology that would help make longer missions possible in the future.

Boeing’s Starliner Lifts off for Orbital Flight Test

Boeing’s Starliner Lifts off for Orbital Flight Test

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program took another step forward with the successful launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on an unpiloted Orbital Flight Test (OFT). The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off at 6:36 a.m. on Dec. 20, 2019 from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Boeing’s Starliner Set to Make Inaugural Trip to Space Station

Boeing’s Starliner Set to Make Inaugural Trip to Space Station

On Dec. 20, 2019 at 6:36 a.m. EST, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The unpiloted Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station will be the first for the company’s spacecraft as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Brian May Breaks the Mold as Both ‘Rock Star’ and ‘Rocket Scientist’

Brian May Breaks the Mold as Both ‘Rock Star’ and ‘Rocket Scientist’

When a person is called a “rocket scientist,” it can be referring to someone who supports space exploration, or it can simply mean he or she is very intelligent. A “rock star” usually refers to a member of a successful musical band or someone highly renowned in a particular field. Dr. Brian May could be considered both.

ICON Begins Study of Region Where Earth, Space Weather Meet

ICON Begins Study of Region Where Earth, Space Weather Meet

NASA’s new Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, satellite will provide scientists and meteorologists with a better understanding of the dynamic zone high in the atmosphere where terrestrial weather meets weather in space. This is the area through which radio communications and GPS signals travel. Changes in weather can effect both.

Gemini IV: What’s it Like to Walk in Space?

Gemini IV: What’s it Like to Walk in Space?

Building on the success of the first piloted Gemini mission, NASA prepared to launch its most ambitions flight to date – Gemini IV. During June 1965, two astronauts would not only stay in orbit four days, one would attempt America’s first spacewalk. It was another example of advancing technology enabling new avenues of exploration.

Telstar Opened Era of Global Satellite Television

Telstar Opened Era of Global Satellite Television

When events happen anywhere in the world, from sporting activities to natural disasters, television is there. Images are live, in color and in high definition. But that it is available at all is possible with satellites in Earth orbit. While global TV coverage is common today, it is a technology born the day Telstar was launched more than half a century ago.

Eyes on Hurricane Dorian

Eyes on Hurricane Dorian

Heading into the Labor Day holiday weekend, weather forecasters are keeping a close watch on Hurricane Dorian. A member of the Expedition 60 crew aboard the International Space Station took this photograph on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Dorian was passing the Dominican Republic, seen in the foreground.