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Short documentary on the origins of NASA. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created in 1958 from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and other related organizations, as the result of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s.
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union.
Space Cowboys is a 2000 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood.It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four aging former test pilots who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite.
On July 29, 1958, the U.S. Congress officially passed legislation that established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -- a civilian agency that is responsible for ...
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. Its goal was to put a person into Earth orbit and return them safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962, aboard the Mercury-Atlas 6. [57]
NASA launched the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory in the 1960s and 1970s to look down at Earth and observe its interactions with the Sun. The Uhuru satellite was the first dedicated x-ray telescope, mapping 85% of the sky and discovering a large number of black holes .
The Parker Solar Probe passed within just 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface — seven times closer to the burning ball of gas than any other mission has gotten.
Earth Spacedock [64] Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: 1986: Earth Spacedock [64] Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: 1989: Earth Spacedock [64] Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: 1991: Earth Spacedock [64] Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace: 1999: Droid Control Ship [65] Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith: 2005: Death Star [6]