First Solar Eclipse Over the U.S. in 38 Years
August 21, 2017, marks the first total solar eclipse of the sun to pass over the United States since 1979.
August 21, 2017, marks the first total solar eclipse of the sun to pass over the United States since 1979.
Neil Alden Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, was born on August 5, 1930, near Wapakoneta, Ohio.
On July 15, 1975, the US and Soviet Union each issued stamps honoring the launch of their Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, their first joint space venture.
On June 29, 1995, the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis docked the Russian space station Mir for the first time. The mission, STS-71, was the third in the U.S./Russian Shuttle-Mir program. It began on June 27, 1995, when the Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the 100th U.S. human space launch from Cape Canaveral.
On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth aboard his Friendship 7 capsule.
On February 18, 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto after nearly a year of searching.
On October 3, 1985, the Space Shuttle Atlantis made its maiden flight.
On September 8, 1966, the first episode of Star Trek premiered on television.
On August 30, 1984, the Discovery Space Shuttle made its first launch into space, two months later than initially planned.