NASA History

On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle…

On Feb. 8, 2010, space shuttle Endeavour began its 24th trip into space, on the 20A assembly mission to the…

The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space…

On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the…

On Jan. 19, 1965, Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its…

On Jan. 17, 1990, NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23…

2025 Seminar Series Throughout 2025, the NASA History Office is presenting a seminar series on the topic of Aerospace Latin…

With the historic first international space docking mission only six months away, preparations on the ground for the Apollo-Soyuz Test…

Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening…