Astronauts Take Lunar Rover for First Drive on the Moon
On July 31, 1971, U.S. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first humans to drive on the Moon.
On July 31, 1971, U.S. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first humans to drive on the Moon.
On July 20, 1969, the US effectively won the Space Race when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took man’s first steps on the Moon.
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech to Congress announcing his plan to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space when he successfully took a sub-orbital flight aboard Freedom 7.
On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Telescope from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
On March 29, 1974, Mariner 10 became the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
On March 2, 1972, Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to leave our Solar System, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia exploded, taking the lives of seven astronauts.
On November 20, 1889, one of the world’s most renowned astronomers, Edwin Hubble, was born.