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On This Day in Space! Feb. 26, 1966: 1st launch of Saturn 1B rocket Space 26/02/2021 Hanneke Weitering © Provided by Space NASA's first Saturn 1B rocket launches into space carrying the first Apollo spacecraft on Feb. 26, 1966. On Feb. 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight.  Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper stage, it was designed to carry the Apollo Command/Service Module and Lunar Module into low-Earth orbit. NASA used the Saturn IB for flight tests early on...

History beyond the clouds: 1968 Earthrise photo and lunar landing images are among 600 snaps of space travel through the ages that are set to fetch thousands at auction 'Earthrise' image, taken during NASA's Apollo 8 mission, showed planet as it looked from 240,000 miles away Collection has been compiled from several unnamed sellers by auctioneers Dreweatts of Newbury, Berkshire Also seen among the collection is the first man to make it into space, the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin And the first primate to be blasted into space - Ham the chimpanzee - is seen with fear etched into its eyes 

Often, I have written of my love of aviation. Growing up in McAlester, I was an aviation/NASA geek. So, it comes to no surprise my admiration and appreciation of the Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford. Let me just point out, if you have never been, I would strongly encourage you to do so at some point. And if it has been awhile since you were there, it is time to go back! Named for Oklahoma native Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, the Smithsonian-affiliated museum is in the process of adding new exhibits, and once it is finished with this phase, it will have 63,000 square feet to explor...

Commander Shepard visited the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 mission  Nearing the end of his moon walk, he hit two golf balls using a makeshift club One went into a crater — but the ultimate location of the other was unclear Image expert Andy Saunders digitally enhanced images taken on the mission The second ball, he revealed, travelled a mere 40 yards before coming to rest 

Updated on February 4, 2021 at 12:01 pm NBCWashington Northrop Grumman is naming their next spacecraft headed to the International Space Station in honor of NASA mathematician and American hero Katherine Johnson. Johnson, a Black woman, is most famous for her handwritten computations that played a pivotal role in the United States achieving manned spaceflight in the 1960s. The story of the brilliant work performed by Johnson and two of her colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, was told in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures." In honor of Black History Month, Northrop Grumman announced this ...