As @Astro_Doug and @AstroBehnken head back to Earth, they become the first American astronauts to splashdown in 45 years. […]
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On Sunday afternoon, @SpaceX Dragon Endeavour will bring @AstroBehnken & Astro_Doug back to Earth after 8 weeks in space. […] 
@Astro_Doug and @AstroBehnken will return to Earth this coming weekend, aboard @SpaceX Dragon Endeavour, after 64 days in orbit. […] 
Twenty-five years ago, an enduring period of co-operation between the United States and Russia began with the first shuttle-Mir docking mission. Photo Credit: NASA Twenty-five years ago, this summer, six U.S. astronauts and four Russian cosmonauts circled the Earth together in a remarkable exercise of co-operation between two former superpowers and ideological foes. In […] 
Apollo 10 rolls out in March 1969, becoming Pad 39B’s first occupant. Following the Apollo 10 launch in May 1969, four more Apollo missions would fly from Pad 39B, together with 53 Space Shuttle flights and most recently the Ares I-X test in October 2009. Photo Credit: NASA For five decades, Pad 39B at […] America’s Apollo, with its docking module (left), approaches Russia’s Soyuz for the first joint manned space exercise between the two superpowers in July 1975. This would mark the high-watermark of their relations, but the late 1970s would signal a harsh decline in friendship and bring them to the brink of war once again. […] Tom Stafford (right) shakes hands with his counterpart Alexei Leonov in the docking module tunnel on 17 July 1975. This grainy image represents the first serious effort at co-operation between the United States and Russia in human space exploration. Photo Credit: NASA For almost two decades, the United States and Russia have collaborated […] Apollo 18, with its docking module (left), approaches Soyuz 19 for the first joint U.S.-Russian manned space exercise in July 1975. Image Credit: NASA For almost two decades, the United States and Russia have collaborated in the grandest scientific, engineering, and human endeavor ever undertaken in human history: the construction of the International […] Tom Stafford (right) shakes hands with his counterpart Alexei Leonov in the docking module tunnel on 17 July 1975. This grainy image represents the first serious effort at co-operation between the United States and Russia in human space exploration. Photo Credit: NASA For almost two decades, the United States and Russia have collaborated […] Moderator Mark Larson gestures at an animated Rusty Schweickart during the Apollo 13 panel at Saturday’s celebratory event at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Photo Credit: Robert C. Fisher / AmericaSpace On the evening of Saturday, March 21, guests enjoyed a unique celebration at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, […] |
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