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What's Launching This Week

NISAR and ISS crew exchange headline a busy week of launches

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

July 27, 2005: NASA grounds the space shuttles

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 returns home

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

July 21, 1998: Alan Shepard dies

Human Spaceflight

Axiom Mission 4 crew returns to Earth after historic ISS stay

John Glenn at age 77. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

July 18, 1915: The birth of John Glenn

Human Spaceflight

50 years since the ‘Handshake in Space’: The legacy of Apollo-Soyuz

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

July 17, 1975: The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project link-up

Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the American flag on the Moon. The footprints of the astronauts are visible in the soil of the Moon. Neil A. Armstrong took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

July 13, 1969: Luna 15 launches

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Smithsonian pushing back on plans to relocate space shuttle

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Behind the scenes of NASA’s Project Gemini: Astronomy chats with Jeffrey Kluger

What's Launching This Week

Gilmour delays debut launch, Starlink flies into the week solo