Plans for the Space Shuttle were created in 1972 as a way to keep the cost of spaceflight down. The first space shuttle orbiter Enterprise flew in…

In the 1950’s and 1960’s, the USA and the Soviet Union raced each other to be first into space. The Soviet Union won. On 4…

In July 1979, people began to stare nervously at the sky. After six years in space, Skylab, the orbiting US space laboratory, was due to re-enter…

1 9 3 0 – 2 0 1 2 Neil Alden Armstrong was born on 5 August 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University,…

It seemed the whole world had stopped. Then, clear as crystal, came those immortal words . . . “That’s one small step for man -…

America’s third moon mission, Apollo 13, was launched on 11 April 1970. The crew of astronauts James Lovell, John Swigert and Fred Haise had ignored…