On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier flying the X-1 at Mach 1.07 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m)over the Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert. On the ground, no one had ever heard a sonic boom before. It rattled the photographs of the … Continue reading
Apollo 12 was hit by lightning twice shortly after its launch on November 14, 1969. Briefly considering aborting the flight, the astronauts remained calm. Astronaut Alan Bean recalls the events and how they remained steady and calm on their journey to the moon.
Chuck Yeager and others describe how he broke the seemingly unbreakable sound barrier on October 14, 1947. By hitting Mach 1, Yeager created the first sonic boom and passed through the sound barrier.
Eileen Collins is a retired NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel who became the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. On February 3, 1995, Collins piloted the space shuttle Discovery from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of mission STS-63. … Continue reading
Celebrities and politicians alike share their stories about where they were and what they were doing on July 20, 1969 when the Apollo 11 spaceflight became the first mission to successfully land humans on the moon. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent about two and a half hours … Continue reading
Executive director of Pride at Work, a nonprofit organization that aims to seek full equality for LGBT workers, thanks late astronaut Sally Ride. Ride revealed through her obituary that she had maintained a secret relationship with Tam O’Shaunghnessy, an educator and childhood friend of Ride’s, for twenty-seven years. O’Shaughnessy is … Continue reading
Sally Ride describes the experience of finding out she would be the first American woman in space and her excitement prior to launch. On June 18th, 1983, Ride successfully entered space as a crew member on board the “Challenger” spacecraft.
Iconic news reporter Walter Cronkite describes his involvement with NASA and the space program and discusses the emotional aspect of reporting major events, such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Footage from the viewing area at the Kennedy Space Center of the Space Shuttle Atlantis’s final launch into space, which took place on July 8, 2011. Atlantis was the last of four space shuttles made for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program and the orbiter successfully brought supplies to the International Space Station.
Did you dream of becoming an astronaut growing up? This video footage captures the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 8, 2011 from inside the shuttle. The mission, known as STS 135, was the last of Atlantis’s 33 missions and the final mission of the United States Space Shuttle … Continue reading
