Discover the history of the Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy, which first flew on September 19, 1962. This oversized transport ...

The new book "Gemini and Mercury Remastered" features iconic images from the earliest days of human space exploration ...

In 1962, Scott Carpenter launched into orbit in Aurora 7! He named his capsule "Aurora", because he viewed his flight as a "celestial event.

On Sept. 4, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft performed the first-ever rocket maneuver in deep space as it did a quick mid-course correction on its way to Venus. It had launched just eight days ...

Happy Birthday, Kennedy Space Center! On July 1, 1962, NASA established the Launch Operations Center — which was later renamed the Kennedy Space Center — on the east coast of Florida. After President ...

On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched to Venus with Mariner 2, the world's first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet. On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched to Venus with Mariner 2, the world's first ...

Omega and Bulova are the watches most often associated with early space flights, but it was Breitling that produced the first Swiss wristwatch to travel outside Earth’s atmosphere. In 1962, NASA ...

In 1961, as the space race was heating up and NASA launched its Mercury programme, everything was ready for the first manned ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Sketch of Astronaut, Apollo 11, July ...