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NASA Fast Facts elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Timeline October 1, 1958 – The official start of NASA. October 7, 1958 – NASA announces Project Mercury. The Mercury project’s objectives are to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth, observe human performance in such conditions and recover the human and the spacecraft safely. April 9, 1959 – The Mercury Seven are introduced as the first US astronauts: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Joh...

Over £150,000 has been raised in an effort to fund the building of a maternity bereavement suite in Hillingdon Hospital. Priya Vara, a 39-year-old scientist, reached her goal of raising £50,000 for the cause on 30 April for Hillingdon Hospitals Charity (HHC) after losing her newborn son Shayen in 2017. Covering Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospitals, the charity exists to better patient experiences, support staff and volunteers, and create a better environment in the hospitals. It was approached by Hillingdon Hospital’s labour ward manager in 2019, who expressed that parents suffer...

NASA Fast Facts There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Timeline October 1, 1958 – The official start of NASA. October 7, 1958 – NASA announces Project Mercury. The Mercury project’s objectives are to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth, observe human performance in such conditions and recover the human and the spacecraft safely. April 9, 1959 – The Mercury Seven are introduced as the first US astronauts: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. “Gus”...

NASA Fast Facts There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Timeline October 1, 1958 – The official start of NASA. October 7, 1958 – NASA announces Project Mercury. The Mercury project’s objectives are to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth, observe human performance in such conditions and recover the human and the spacecraft safely. April 9, 1959 – The Mercury Seven are introduced as the first US astronauts: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. “Gus”...

NASA Fast Facts elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Timeline October 1, 1958 – The official start of NASA. October 7, 1958 – NASA announces Project Mercury. The Mercury project’s objectives are to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth, observe human performance in such conditions and recover the human and the spacecraft safely. April 9, 1959 – The Mercury Seven are introduced as the first US astronauts: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Joh...