This day in history we feature the Apollo 13. The seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program was launched on this day in 1970. Trivia – Apollo 13 The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module […]
This day in history we feature Eileen Collins. The first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on this day in 1995. Trivia – Eileen Collins Eileen Marie Collins is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel and a former flight […]
This day in history we feature STS-97. The 101st Space Shuttle mission, STS-97, successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center on this day in 2000. Trivia – STS-97 STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to […]
Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state, causing the largest landslide in history, on this day in 1980. Did you know that: • Apollo 10 launched from Kennedy Space Center on this day in 1969 and later transmitted the first colour pictures of the Earth from space• Tina Fey is an American actress and comedian […]
