Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors ...

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...

The third lecture in the 2011 Exploring Space Lecture Series featured Sean C. Solomon, the Principal Investigator for the MESSENGER mission and the Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism ...

Andy Saunders, author of "Gemini and Mercury Remastered," talked about his process of remastering the most famous photographs of NASA's space program.

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA – November 28, 2025 – Proteus Space announced the successful launch and first contact of MERCURY ONE, its inaugural four-payload ESPA class spacecraft.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) deservedly holds a major place in human history with its pioneering space exploration projects, mostly notably the flagship Apollo program. But ...

In a project of Herculean proportions, British author and historian Andy Saunders has returned to the NASA archives to follow up his epic "Apollo Remastered" photographic book from 2022 to create and ...

Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions were powered by equal parts of competition, innovation, and a strong dose of ...