On This Day in History - August 30, 1913
Young Lawrence Sperry building his homemade Voisin aircraft, 1909. Credit: NASA As a young man, Lawrence Sperry was very interested in aviat...
On This Day in History - August 21, 1965
Titan II rocket launches Gemini 5 from Cape Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA On August 21, 1965 NASA launched Gemini 5 from Cape Kennedy, ...
On This Day in History - August 12, 1960
Echo 1 communication satellite in Weeksville, NC, 1960. Credit: NASA On August 12, 1960 NASA launched the world's first successful communica...
On This Day in History - August 2 ,1909
The Wright Model A flyer arrives via wagon, Fort Myers, VA. Credit: Smithsonian In December 1907, the United States Army Signal Corps reques...
On This Day in History - July 29, 1958
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dr. Keith Glennan. April 1960. Credit: NASA On this day in 1958, the President of the United States, Dwig...
On This Day in History - July 20, 1969
The 363 foot tall Saturn V rocket is launched from Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA On July 16, 1969 NASA’s Apollo 11 mission blasted off fro...
On This Day in History - July 14, 1965
Mariner 4 space probe. Credit: NASA The Mariner 4 space probe was one of a series of ten space probes designed to gather information about the ...
On This Day in History - July 4, 1927
Lockheed Vega 1 'Golden Eagle' test flight, July 4, 1927. Credit: San Diego Air & Space On the afternoon of July 4, 1927 the Lockheed Vega ...
On This Day in History - June 25, 1992
Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-50) launches from Cape Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA On June 25, 1992 the space shuttle Columbia launched...
On This Day in History - June 18, 1983
NASA portrait of Sally Ride, 1984. Credit: NASA Sally Ride was born in Encino, California on May 26, 1951. She was the eldest of two daugh...
On This Day in History - June 13, 1927
Charles Lindburgh in front of the Spirit of St. Louis. Credit: charleslindburgh.com On this day in 1927, the city of New York honored famed ...
On This Day in History - June 9, 1989
Capt. Jane Foster (left) and Capt. Deanna Brasseur (right) Credit: Legion Magazine Deanna “Dee” Brasseur recalls being 11 or 12 years old an...