Human Spaceflight

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

May 11, 1949: A missile range at Cape Canaveral

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

May 5, 1961: The first American in space

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

May 4, 1967: Surveyor 3 last contact

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

April 23, 1967: Soyuz 1 suffers a fatal crash

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

April 16, 1972: Apollo 16 launches

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With renewed interest in going to the Moon, how will future trash be dealt with?

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

April 12, 1981: Columbia lifts off for the first space shuttle mission

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

April 11, 1970: Apollo 13 blasts off for the Moon

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As it happened: Artemis 2 splashes down, ‘a perfect mission’

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Artemis 2’s heat shield faces critical test on mission’s final day

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How to watch the Artemis 2 splashdown

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How the Artemis astronauts are protected from dangerous space radiation