According to an old saying, "Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact."
Exhibit One: Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon."
In 1865, Verne, who was born 184 years ago this week, wrote the novel, about a fictional future...
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At the time, the STS-51C mission was notable largely for how low-profile it was.
For that reason, for the public, Discovery's launch in January 1985 was far from one of the most memorable or attention-worthy.
If you're a fan of Space...
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One could make a case that the United States should have been the first.
If Wernher von Braun and the Army Ballistic Missile Agency had been allowed to attempt the launch instead of the Vanguard rocket, it's hypothetically possible that it...
4 weeks 5 days ago
Though no one knew it when it happened, one of the worst days in American spaceflight history took place nine years ago this week.
On January 16, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia launched on her STS-107 mission, her payload a battery of space...
4 weeks 6 days ago
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." -- Seneca
Anyone who studies the history of NASA realizes that the road to the future is not without its detours.
For every success like the Saturn V, there was a Nova or a...
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If ever a space program lived up to its name, Project Gemini certainly did.
When NASA announced the follow up to the Mercury Program 50 years ago this week, the agency also revealed the name chosen for the new program -- Gemini, Latin for "the...
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Huntsville, AL 35805