Image of Saturn. Credit: news.discovery.com On November 12, 35 years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Saturn. According to this recent story, between its flyby in 1980 and sister craft Voyager 2 the next year, the spacecraft took some of the last...
The Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to encounter another planet Credit:Coalition for Space Exploration The Mariner 2 was the first human probe to Venus that was launched from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 27 in 1962. Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to encounter another...
Image: Commander Shepard stands some 240,000 miles from Earth on the lunar surface next to the Modular Equipment Transporter (MET) – a lunar rover designed to carry tools, cameras, and sample cases around the lunar surface. Credit: NASA. Today (Feb. 5, 2015),...
Image: Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka (left) posing with Pilot Loren J. Shriver (right) at mid-deck aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January, 1985. Credit: NASA. Saturday, January 24, 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Hawaii astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka’s...
