Indirect evidence of the Earth’s spherical shape has existed for a long time, but the photographic proof was lacking until well into the 20th century. The
The new Spring 2025 issue of NASA History News and Notes reflects on some of the transitional periods in NASA’s past, as well as the legacies of past projects.
In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History News & Notes, examples of leadership and critical decision-making in NASA's history form the unifying theme.
Space shuttle Atlantis, named after the two-masted research vessel used by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution between 1930 and 1966, was the fourth
Katherine Johnson loved to count. “I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed
One of the most iconic images from the Apollo 11 mission is of Buzz Aldrin saluting the American flag on the surface of the Moon. The decision to plant the
Dr. Eilene Galloway, often called “the grand matriarch of space law,” played vital roles in the drafting of NASA’s founding legislation while working for Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Texas). She also worked to create the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
“I hid a sandwich in my spacesuit,” Astronaut John W. Young confessed in the April 2, 1965, issue of Life Magazine. The conversation about and the consumption
On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young aboard, America’s first two-person
Could Mercury astronauts actually see tiny details on Earth's surface while orbiting 100 miles above? The Gemini visual acuity experiments aimed to find out.
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