Enhanced Apollo/Saturn V Center Takes Visitors Back to 1969

Enhanced Apollo/Saturn V Center Takes Visitors Back to 1969

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex captures the excitement of the historic lunar landing in their revamped Apollo/Saturn V Center. This feature will focus on the new exhibits at that facility that includes a 1969 period living room recreating what life was like a half-century ago.

Early Project Mercury Media Event Ends with Astronaut Prank

Early Project Mercury Media Event Ends with Astronaut Prank

In the summer of 1969, the voice of Jack King was immortalized as he provided the countdown for the liftoff for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. He was selected as the first chief of Public Information at the Florida spaceport in 1960. During a news media event just prior to the flight of America’s first person in space, King was witness to a prank by one of NASA’s Project Mercury astronauts.

SpaceX Demo-1 Liftoff

SpaceX Demo-1 Liftoff

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program now is underway with the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon for a mission to the International Space station. The Falcon 9’s eight Merlin engines ignited at 2:49 a.m. EST on March 2, 2019.

America’s First Satellite Established ‘Foothold in Space’

America’s First Satellite Established ‘Foothold in Space’

On the evening of Jan. 31, 1958, the United States orbited its first satellite — Explorer 1. The effort was part of the nation’s participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY), a peaceful scientific endeavor. It also marked America’s first step in the Space Race of the Cold War.

Gemini Pioneered the Technology Driving Today’s Exploration

Gemini Pioneered the Technology Driving Today’s Exploration

Project Gemini is often referred to as the “bridge to the Moon.” It spanned the period between Project Mercury, America’s first efforts to determine if humans could survive in space, and the Apollo lunar landing flights. Looking back across a half-century, Gemini proved to be a bridge to the future.

Exploring the Unexplored: New Horizons’ Mission to Pluto

Exploring the Unexplored: New Horizons’ Mission to Pluto

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft continues to pass through the outer edges of the solar system. After a decade-long and more than 3.6 billion mile trip to Pluto, the probe is providing the first close up observations of of the tiny planet and the most distant objects in the solar system.