Because of the pressure of the fire, and the fact that the spacecraft's hatch opened inward ... The Lunar Module was completed in time for Apollo 9, the first earth orbit test of that equipment.
It was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon low enough ... Dave Scott performs an SEVA in Earth orbit during Apollo 9 The theory of the zeroth EVA goes something like this: after piloting ...
Liftoff of the Super Heavy rocket booster, topped with the uncrewed Starship spacecraft, occurred at 8:25 a.m. ET (7: ... SpaceX mastered with its smaller workhorse rocket, the Falcon 9. Boosters from ...
April 9: The newly formed National Aeronautics ... January 27: A fire during routine testing of the Apollo spacecraft kills three astronauts -- Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee -- in ...
NASA is planning to return humankind to the moon for the first time in over five decades. The agency has narrowed its safe ...
On 9, 1967, NASA launched the powerful new Saturn V rocket on its maiden voyage. The Saturn V was 363 feet tall. That's ...
The La Cañada Flintridge research institution will let go of approximately 325 employees across the organization, about 5% of ...
Piner has a pair of wideouts putting up big numbers in Apollo Pereira (606 yards, 11 TDs) and Jaden Hernandez (661 yards, 9 TDs). Novato’s powerful ground game was held in check by San Rafael ...
On November 9 ... carried a spacecraft that splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. One year later, another Saturn V rocket launched the first astronauts to the moon with the Apollo 8 mission.