All posts tagged "NASA History"
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14Space40 Years Ago: STS-51C, the First Dedicated Department of Defense Shuttle Mission
On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space...
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13Space60 Years Ago: Uncrewed Gemini 2 Paves the Way for the First Crewed Mission
On Jan. 19, 1965, Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its Titan II...
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411Space35 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 13th Group of Astronauts
On Jan. 17, 1990, NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23 candidates –...
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35SpaceAerospace Latin America: A History
2025 Seminar Series Throughout 2025, the NASA History Office is presenting a seminar series on the topic of Aerospace Latin America. This...
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31Space50 Years Ago: Preparing the Final Saturn Rocket for Flight
With the historic first international space docking mission only six months away, preparations on the ground for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)...
