July 16, 1969 – Personnel in the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at…
Preparations for Apollo 11 and the Moon landing led to multiple discussions on which tracking station would be in the…
Apollo 10 launched and performed a dress rehearsal for the moon landing. Apollo 10 tested out all the network components…
NASA launched Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 to Mars. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) tested out its high rate telemetry…
Apollo 8 tested not only the network tracking the spacecraft in the Earth’s orbit, but also in lunar orbit. The…
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2) was launched. The OAO program was developed to increase awareness of the benefits of…
Oct. 9, 1968 – The Launch Control Center was the backdrop for every Saturn V rollout from the Vehicle Assembly…
Armstrong research pilot (and future center director) John Manke emerges from the HL-10, NASA Langley’s 10th horizontal lander (lifting body).
Apollo 4, which was unmanned, transmitted in the Unified S-band (USB) and tested the entire Manned Space Flight Network system.…
The North American Aviation XB-70 triple-sonic bomber prototype aircraft No. 1. NASA used the pre-production bomber for high-speed research in…
