Today In History, November 10, 1964 – KSC Mercury Monument Dedication Zero-G News Admin November 10, 2013 History The Mercury monument, honoring the original seven astronauts, is shown here at sunrise at Pad 14 in December, 1964. Photo Credit: NASA. The Mercury Monument stands outside of Complex 14 was dedicated on...
STS-3 Space Shuttle Columbia Photo And Video Collection Zero-G News Admin August 25, 2013 History, Human Spaceflight Former NASA astronaut Gordon Fullerton passed away this week. In memory of the death of a great astronaut, here is our photo and video history collection for STS-3, the third flight of space shuttle...
It’s Been 20 Years Since The First Flight Of DC-X Zero-G News Admin August 24, 2013 History It's been 20 years since the remarkable DC-X Delta Clipper Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) test vehicle made its first flight. Many people still believe DC-X should have been the chosen vehicle for NASA's X-33...
Photo/Video Feature: 38 Years Ago, The Mission Of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Zero-G News Admin July 15, 2013 History The first international partnership in space wasn't the International Space Station. It wasn't even the Shuttle-Mir series of missions. It was the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first international human...
Stephen Hawking – “Why Go To Space?” – NASA 50th Anniversary Lecture Zero-G News Admin July 7, 2013 Astrophysics, Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Exploration, History, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Mars, Nanosatellites, NASA, News, Planetary Science, Space Exploration, Spaceflight MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Welcome to the campus of George Washington University in downtown Washington, D.C., for what promises to be a very remarkable afternoon. My name is John Logsdon. I am the...
On Eve Of Demolition, SLC-17’s Twin Pads Bridge Space Age At Cape Canaveral Zero-G News Admin May 27, 2013 History The twin launch gantries that mark Space Launch Complex 17 bridge the Space Age from the early days when small rockets achieving modest successes made headlines to the modern era of large boosters regularly...