On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young ...
The first crewed Gemini flight, Gemini III, lifted off of Launch Pad 19 in Cape Canaveral on March 23, 1965. [...] ...
Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot for Gemini III, checks over his helmet prior to flight.
Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in ...
After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...
The two Boeing Starliner astronauts left behind on the International Space Station are back on Earth, ending an odyssey that ...
Astronaut John W. Young caused beef between NASA and congress by smuggling an illicit sandwich onto a space mission.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance docked with the International Space Station just after midnight Sunday beginning the ...
That remained true for the Gemini and Apollo programs and the eventual development of the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that could glide to a landing rather than be recovered from the ocean.
There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...