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An Explorer mission observes Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's central black hole, flaring. The Explorers program[1] is a NASA exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, geophysics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Launched in 1958, Explorer 1 was the first spacecraft of the United States to ...
Apollo 18 (canceled) →. Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA 's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans ...
[18] September 1968: First animals and plants to leave Earth orbit and travel to and around the Moon. First lunar spacecraft to be recovered successfully. USSR Zond 5 [19] 7 December 1968: First orbital ultraviolet observatory. USA (NASA) OAO-2: 21 December 1968: First human excursion beyond low Earth orbit. First in-person observations of ...
Chinese Mars sample-return mission. Delivery of the Mengzhou next-generation crewed spacecraft for China's first crewed lunar landing. Delivery of the Lanyue crewed lunar lander for China's first crewed lunar landing. Maiden flight of Taiwan 's first orbital launch vehicle, Siraya (西拉雅).
Buzz Aldrin (/ ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot.He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
NASA selected McDonnell Aircraft, which had been the prime contractor for the Project Mercury capsule, in 1961 to build the Gemini capsule, the first of which was delivered in 1963. The spacecraft was 18 feet 5 inches (5.61 m) long and 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, with a launch weight varying from 7,100 to 8,350 pounds (3,220 to 3,790 kg). [12]
Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. [1] There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. . Tourists are motivated by the possibility of viewing Earth from space, feeling weightlessness, experiencing extremely high speed and something unusual, and contributing to scie
The Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA cooperated closely in many areas of space. [18] In September 1963, NASA and the DoD agreed to cooperate in building a space station. [ 19 ] The DoD wanted its own crewed facility, however, [ 20 ] and in December 1963 it announced Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), a small space station primarily intended ...