Voyager 2 came within 4,950 kilometers (3,000 miles) of Neptune’s North Pole and sent the first images back of the…
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) was declared operational with three (one in the East, one in the…
The main parachute began to deploy on the mock-up of an F-111 “Aardvark” bomber cockpit section after being dropped from…
The STS-29 Space Shuttle Discovery mission approaches for a landing at NASA’s then Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA, early…
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 4 (TDRS-4) was launched shortly after Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 3 (TDRS-3) by the…
The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, as Mission STS-26 on…
After the Challenger accident, all Shuttle launches were grounded for two and a half years. The STS-26 Space Shuttle mission…
The snow-capped peak of Mt. San Antonio in the San Gabriel range is visible as the remotely piloted Altus II…
The San Gabriel range is visible as the remotely piloted Altus II flies over Southern California’s high desert.
A mock-up of an F-111 cockpit section dropped out of the bomb bay of NASA’s B-52 mothership on a test…
