ESA Spacecraft Makes Historic Comet Landing

ESA Spacecraft Makes Historic Comet Landing

by | Nov 12, 2014

Artist rendering of the Philae lander making a historic landing today (Nov. 12, 2014) on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA. Today the ESA successfully made space exploration history by landing a spacecraft on a comet’s surface.  The suspense-ridden,...
50 Years Ago: First Moon Image Captured by a U.S. Spacecraft

50 Years Ago: First Moon Image Captured by a U.S. Spacecraft

by | Aug 5, 2014

The first picture of the moon taken by a U.S. spacecraft in 1964.  Credit: NASA. Roughly five years before the first manned moon-mission, NASA set out to get a better look at our lunar neighbor.  A series of spacecraft called “Rangers” attempted the 240,000 mile...