Uncategorized February 1, 2025 – STS-107 Crew 2025-02-012025-01-27 Today, the flags of the United States and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration fly in memory of the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia, who perished twenty one years…
Uncategorized January 28, 2025 – Challenger Astronauts 2025-01-282025-01-27 On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff due to the failure of an O-Ring in one of the two solid rocket boosters. This, the…
Uncategorized July 29, 2020 – Signing of the National Aeronautics and Space Act 2020-07-292020-07-29 On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law. This legislation created NASA, which formally came into being on October 1, 1958.…
Uncategorized July 15, 2020 – Apollo Soyuz 45th Anniversary 2020-07-15 Today, the flag of Russia flies in commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the launches of the spacecraft for the 1st international cooperative space mission, the Apollo Soyuz Test project.…