Mariner 10, the first mission to use X- and S- bands launched and traveled towards Venus and Mercury. The three…
The Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP-8 or Explorer 50) mission launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to observe interplanetary and magnetotail studies…
The 64 meter antenna in Canberra, Australia became operational. The one in Madrid, Spain was operational in September of the…
The F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire aircraft had its hydro-mechanical control systems replaced by an Apollo Guidance Computer for the first such…
This image was taken by the crew of the final Apollo mission as they made their way to the Moon.
The Satellite Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN) and the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) were consolidated into the Spaceflight…
The F-111B with its wings swept to their maximum angle. It carried the Mission Adaptive Wing, a single-piece composite structure…
Landsat 1 (formerly known as the Earth Resources Technology Satellite – ERTS) was launched. It was the first Earth-observing satellite…
Pioneer 10 launched and traveled towards Jupiter. It was the first satellite to pass through an asteroid belt and also…
President Nixon approved the development of the Space Shuttle. The guidance and navigation systems developed for Apollo were adequate enough…
