On September 12, 2013, NASA announced what many had long awaited but few dared to fully believe: Voyager 1, the space probe launched in 1977, had officially crossed the threshold into interstellar space. After nearly 36 years in flight, the little spacecraft that once…
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On September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy set the course for American explanation in a way that had never been done before. His iconic “We Choose to Go to the Moon” speech at Rice University on set the stage for the 21st century…
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The history of the lunar rover, an extraordinary feat of engineering, began with its debut on the moon on July 31, 1971, during the Apollo 15 mission. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), also known simply as the lunar rover, was a crucial development for…
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On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This pivotal moment in history marked the beginning of a new era in space exploration and science, laying the groundwork for…
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On July 25, 1976, during its thirty-sixth orbit around the red planet, NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft snapped a black-and-white photograph that would ignite decades of speculation, myth-making, and scientific debate. The image—catalogued as frame 035A72—showed a portion of the Martian surface in the region…
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On July 10, 1962, AT&T changed the way the world shares information, launching Telstar 1, the first active communications satellite. The launch highly-anticipated launch captivated people across the globe. As the Delta rocket thundered into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida, everyone held their…
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On May 25, 1961, in a bold speech delivered before a special joint session of the United States Congress, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge that would define a generation and redirect the trajectory of American science, industry, and global prestige. Speaking just…
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On April 24, 1990, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission designated STS-31 changed the course of modern astronomy. From low Earth orbit, it deployed one of the most ambitious scientific instruments ever built: the Hubble Space Telescope. Decades in the making and plagued by delays…
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On April 17, 2014, NASA announced a milestone in the search for life beyond Earth: the confirmation of Kepler-186f, the first Earth-size planet discovered orbiting within the habitable zone of another star. This groundbreaking discovery was made possible by the Kepler Space Telescope, a…
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In the 1960s, the United States and Russia were in a space race and NASA launched the Gemini program to bridge the work between the Mercury and Apollo programs. The goal of the program was to test equipment and mission procedures in Earth’s orbit…
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