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5 days ago · Buzz Aldrin. Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈɔːldrɪn /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission ...
- July 1, 1971
2 days ago · Inquiries. Rogers Commission Report. On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC ).
- January 28, 1986; 37 years ago
6 days ago · The third and final crew to the Skylab space station completed a record-breaking 84 days in space from November 16, 1973 to February 8, 1974 while continuing the program's scientific objectives of making Earth resources, solar astronomy, and medical experiment observations. Featured Story.
May 9, 2024 · John McFall: Para-astronaut on a mission to open up space. 3 days ago. ESA. Every trainee astronaut has to take a spin in a giant centrifuge. By Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis. BBC News...
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1 hour ago · VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Ed Dwight was an Air Force ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Apr 23, 2024. Impossible Astronaut Day celebrates the popular British television show Doctor Who, specifically the episode “The Impossible Astronaut.” The episode is the first of the sixth series written by Steven Moffat and directed by Toby Haynes, converging a few different timey whimey adventures all at once.
2 days ago · In brief. Tune in on 22 May from 16:35 to 17:06 BST (17:35 to 18:06 CEST) when ESA announces the first two astronaut missions for the new ESA astronaut class of 2022 live from the Space Council in Brussels, Belgium. Watch the announcement on ESA Web TV and on ESA YouTube.
