Laika: The Soviet Space Dog Sent on a One-Way Trip into Orbit, 1957
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early days of the Space Race, the Soviet Union sought to establish its dominance in space […]
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Yuri Gagarin: Everyday photos of the First Man in Space, 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteYuri Gagarin, Hero of the Soviet Union, was a cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into […]
These photos show the NASA’s innovative AX-3 spacesuit, 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteThe AX-3 was designed at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in the middle 1970s. A prototype, it was […]
Rare photographs of NASA’s massive wind tunnels used to test aircraft, 1925-1990
This post was originally published on this siteAll NASA craft must undergo complete testing through one of the administration’s 42 major wind tunnels and it’s […]
Space colonies of the future as imagined by NASA in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteIn the summer of 1975, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California, a team of NASA and Stanford […]
The photo that captured the First View of Earth from the Moon, 1966
This post was originally published on this siteFor thousands of years, humans could only speculate what the Earth looked like. This changed on August 23, […]
NASA survival training: When astronauts had to train for survival in deserts and jungles, 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteAll NASA astronaut groups were given a series of survival courses to prepare them for expected landings in […]
The Challenger disaster that unfolded on live television, 1986
This post was originally published on this siteJanuary 28, 1986, was an exceptionally cold day in Florida, where freezing weather is rare. The beaches near […]
The extraordinary life aboard NASA’s Skylab, 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteSkylab was America’s first step toward making space something other than a nice place to visit. Developed in […]
Apollo program astronauts training in Arizona for the Moon missions, 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the they walked on the moon on July 20, 1969, the Apollo program astronauts trained in Flagstaff, […]
Apollo astronauts in quarantine after the moon mission, 1969
This post was originally published on this siteWhen planning the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, NASA had thought about every possible detail including a […]
Apollo 11 preparation in rare photos, 1969
This post was originally published on this siteApollo 11 was the climax of the Apollo program, which pushed human spaceflight forward faster than ever before. […]