Category: Science
The Fastest Ace Alive
On this day in 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Yeager, born…
Enterprise Unveiled
On this day in 1976, NASA publicly unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, during a ceremony in Palmdale, California. Development of the spacecraft cost…
Apollo 11 – Dreaming the Impossible
On this day in 1969, 51 years ago this evening at 22:56 PM EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, standing nearly 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks…
Atlantis STS-71 and Mir- Before Putin and Trump
On this day in 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-71, docks with the Russian space station Mir; for the five days the ships were conjoined,…
Ed White Walking in Space
On this day in 1965, Lt. Col. Ed White becomes the first American to make a walk in space, the principal operation of the Gemini…
The Spirit of St. Louis
On this day in 1927, American pilot Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight…
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