40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Atlantis Makes its Public Debut
On March 6, 1985, NASA’s newest space shuttle, Atlantis, made its public debut during a rollout ceremony at the Rockwell
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60 Years Ago: Uncrewed Gemini 2 Paves the Way for the First Crewed Mission
On Jan. 19, 1965, Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its
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35 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 13th Group of Astronauts
On Jan. 17, 1990, NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23
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35 Years Ago: STS-32 Returns the Long Duration Exposure Facility
On Jan. 9, 1990, space shuttle Columbia took off on its ninth flight, STS-32, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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25 Years Ago: STS-103, The Hubble Servicing Mission-3A
“Trying to do stellar observations from Earth is like trying to do birdwatching from the bottom of a lake.” James
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55 Years Ago: Apollo 13, Preparations for the Third Moon Landing
As 1969, an historic year that saw not just one but two successful human lunar landings, drew to a close,