April 15, 2005: NASA spacecraft collides with satellite
On April 15, 2005, NASA launched a spacecraft on a mission to rendezvous with a small communications satellite. The launch went according to plan, but the mission ended abruptly when the spacecraft collided with the satellite. The mission was known as DART, which is short for Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology. Its objective was to […]
Russia’s Return to the Moon and Future Russian Moon Mission Plans
Russia is revisiting its Soviet space heritage for a new series of missions that will take the nation back to the moon. It must be remembered that Soviets were the first nation to send a probe to the moon and Soviet Moon Missions were very important during the Space Race. Now the Russian Federation Space […]
April 12, 1961: 60th anniversary of historic first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin
Russia on Monday celebrated the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space, a major source of national pride for millions of his countrymen. Gagarin’s mission on April 12, 1961, marked a historic achievement for the Soviet Union, which beat the United States in a tight race to […]
April 12, 1981: The Flight of the First Space Shuttle
On the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space (first manned flight to space), NASA launched the first space shuttle flight on April 12, 1981. Space Shuttle was the first usable spacecraft and thus it opened up a new era of space travel since now space travel could become cheaper and easier with reusable […]
April 9, 1959: NASA introduces the ‘Mercury 7’ astronauts
On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its very first astronaut class. This dashing group of young men is known as the Mercury 7. They were all military test pilots before they were chosen for the job, and they had all “the right stuff” to take on such risky missions. But in a way, they essentially […]
Soyuz crew launches to ISS space station to Celebrate the 60 years after first human spaceflight
A three-person crew embarked for the International Space Station on Friday (April 9), launching just three days shy of the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei lifted off aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft for a three-hour, […]
April 3,1973: Soviet Union launches Salyut 2 space station –
April 3, 1973: Soviet Union launches Salyut 2 space station On April 3, 1973, the Soviet Union launched a small space station called Salyut 2. This was the second space station to be successfully launched (after Salyut 1) and the first military space station. The Soviet Union told the rest of the world that Salyut […]
NASA delays Ingenuity Mars UAV Helicopter initial atmospheric flight to April 11
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity will have to wait a few more days to make its historic first flight on the Red Planet. Ingenuity, which flew to Mars tucked into the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover that successfully landed on the planet Feb. 18, is set to make history with the first controlled, powered flight through […]
The Covid19 Pandemic will Cost NASA Around 3 Billion Dollars
A NASA audit concluded that costs imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the agency could reach $3 billion, with several major science and exploration programs accounting for much of that cost. A March 31 report by the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) stated that the agency expects that the pandemic’s effects on the agency, […]
Job Opening at UNOOSA: Intern – Program Management Position
Posting Title: INTERN – Programme Management, Office of the Director, I (Temporary Job Opening) Job Code Title: INTERN – PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT Department/Office: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Duty Station: VIENNA Posting Period: 08 December 2020 – 21 December 2020 Job Opening Number: 20-Programme Management-UNOOSA-145965-J-Vienna (A) Staffing Exercise N/A Click HERE to apply. Interns work five […]