Operation Secret Squirrel was a covert operation conducted by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. The mission was to provide close air support to the Sout...
Operation Paperclip was a controversial US program during the Cold War that recruited German scientists, engineers, and technicians who had been involved with the Nazi re...
In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first man to float freely in space without the use of a tether. His pioneering spacewalk was a remarkable feat of engineeri...
The Mariner 4 mission to Mars was conducted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1965. It was the first s...
The first unmanned rover to land on Mars was the Viking 1, launched in 1976 by the United States. It was a robotic spacecraft that was sent to explore the planet’s surf...
The successful docking of the Soyuz 19 and Apollo spacecraft in 1975 was a momentous occasion in the history of space exploration. This mission, which was known as the Ap...
The successful landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover in 2012 marked a major milestone in the exploration of our solar system. On August 6th, 2012, the Curiosity Rover touch...
The launch of the space shuttle on April 12th, 1981 marked a major milestone in the history of human space exploration. The space shuttle was the first reusable spacecraf...
