Author: Ben Evans

Human Spaceflight

60 years ago today, Valentina Tereshkova launched into space

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

20 years ago: Spirit and Opportunity rovers launched for Mars

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Remembering Skylab’s launch, 50 years on

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

JUICE spacecraft launches on mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moons

Robotic Spaceflight

50 years ago, Pioneer 11 set sail for the outer solar system

Human Spaceflight

Apollo 1 tragedy: The fatal fire and its aftermath

Human Spaceflight

Walter Cunningham, last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at age 90

Human Spaceflight

Remembering Apollo 17, which blasted off for the Moon 50 years ago

Science

Remembering Arecibo Observatory, two years after its collapse

Human Spaceflight

Astronaut Jim McDivitt, commander of NASA’s first spacewalk, dies at age 93

Solar System

25 years ago: Cassini-Huygens launches for Saturn

Human Spaceflight

Valeri Polyakov, record-breaking cosmonaut, dies at age 80