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OTD In Space - April 14: 1st Space Shuttle Mission Lands
On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle ...
NASA Confirms 70-Year-Old Astronaut Don Pettit Is Doing Well Despite Looking Frail After Landing
NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space ...
Maserati supercar with no driver breaks autonomous speed record at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
AI software piloted the Maserati MC20 supercar, with "a driving robot" powering steering wheel movements at NASA's Launch and ...
NASA's Don Pettit, 2 cosmonaut crewmates, wrap up seven-month space station visit
Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in ...
Blue Origin launches Katy Perry into space with first all-female crew
Billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its first all-female crew into space on Monday. The New Shepard rocket carrying ...
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April 12, Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, orbiting the earth once before landing ...
Blue Origin’s First All-Women Crew Returns To Earth From Historic Space Launch
The Blue Origin New Shepard space program was founded by Jeff Bezos, and allowed for King and a group of influential women to ...
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Maserati supercar with no driver breaks autonomous speed record at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
NASA's first space shuttle landing occurred there when Challenger touched down in February 1984 on the STS-41B mission. All told, 78 of the 135 shuttle missions landed on the runway, including ...