Space History section which shows what happened today in space history
The General Assembly of United Nations declared International Moon Day, a United Nations-designated international day to be observed annually on…
On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its first flight. Endeavour was the fifth and last space…
On May 6, 1968, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong almost met his fate while simulating a lunar landing. This was a…
On May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming…
On May 3, 1986, NASA attempted to launch a new weather satellite called GOES-G for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
On May 1, 1949, Neptune's moon Nereid was discovered by the Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper. This was the second of…
On April 30, 2015, NASA's MESSENGER Mercury mission came to an end when the spacecraft intentionally crashed into the surface…
On April 29, 1985, the European Space Agency's Spacelab launched on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51B. This was…
On April 28, 2001, the world's first space tourist hitched a ride to the International Space Station on a Russian…
On April 27, 1961, NASA launched Explorer 11, a satellite that contained the first gamma ray telescope to go to…