Tag: Cold War

Historic Hangar S was America’s Cradle of Human Space Exploration

Historic Hangar S was America’s Cradle of Human Space Exploration

During America’s first human spaceflight program, the eyes of the world often focused on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. As the nation’s Project Mercury astronauts were taking their pioneering steps into space, a centerpiece facility in this effort for astronaut training, crew quarters and spacecraft processing was Hangar S at the Cape.

Resupply Spacecraft Named for First African American Astronaut

Resupply Spacecraft Named for First African American Astronaut

On Feb. 15, 2020, a Northrop Grumman spacecraft was launched atop an Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus capsule, christened the “S.S. Robert H. Lawrence,” will deliver more than 7,400 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. The name honors the first African American to be selected as an astronaut.