The Russian space station Mir, meaning “peace” or “world” in Russian, was a groundbreaking orbital complex that paved the way for long-duration space habitation and international cooperation in space. Launched on February 20, 1986, Mir was the first modular space station, assembled in orbit piece by piece. The initial core module was followed by additional … Read More “Russian space station Mir” »
NASA‘s second manned mission launched exactly 45 years ago, in 1968. Apollo 8, its crew being made up of Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders, was the first manned mission orbiting the Moon. A pivotal milestone in U.S. President JFK’s plans to have a man walk on … Read More “Today In History – December 21” »
Fifteen years ago to the day, man began arguably the most challenging construction project in the history of the species: the International Space Station. Sure, you have CERN’s Large Hadron Collider which got constructed to look for several theorized particles including the Higgs particle and test theories around particle and high-energy physics. But for all … Read More “Today In History – November 20” »
