In 1961, scientists achieved a groundbreaking feat by bouncing radar signals off Venus, marking a pivotal moment in solar system exploration. This experiment not only confirmed the distance to Venus ...

For the first time, the story of NASA’s role in promoting civil rights by hiring the first African American spaceworkers is being told. Authors Richard Paul and Steven Moss feature ten African ...

The NASA History Program Office and the National Air and Space Museum’s Division of Space History are pleased to announce a symposium marking four significant anniversaries in the history of human ...

"Man, what a ride!”: The triumphant return to Earth of the first US man in space (three photos), Alan Shepard, Dean Conger [Mercury Redstone 3], 5 May 1961, 1961 ...

In 1961, amidst the tensions of the Space Race, NASA made an unpopular choice: Concerned with booster issues during a January test flight with a chimpanzee, the agency chose to run additional tests ...

1 February 1961: Ham the chimpanzee, part of Nasa’s programme to put a man in space, flew 155 miles up in the Mercury capsule Cape Canaveral, January 31. A chimpanzee named Ham, fired into space by ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fifty years to the moment Alan Shepard rocketed away, more than 100 Project Mercury workers joined former astronauts and NASA leaders at the original Redstone launchpad Thursday ...

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