Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors ...

The May 15, 1963 launch of the Mercury Atlas 9 Earth-orbital space mission carried astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. into orbit around Earth. The flight made 22 orbits of the planet in just over 34 ...

This image shows the launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight. With astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas rocket is launched from Pad 14, February 20, 1962. A ...

Following on the heels of Bonhams' recent sale of spacesuits and related items, Nate D Sanders Auctions is offering another vintage piece of Space Race memorabilia. The bidding has opened for an ...

Sunday marks 60 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. On Feb. 20, 1962, the "Mercury Seven" member set out on the agency's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission ...

Atlas 4A LaunchAtlas 6A LaunchAtlas Factory ProcessingThe San Diego Air and Space Museum in Balboa Park is unveiling an exhibit on the Atlas missile, the booster that evolved into this country’s first ...

In the era of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Artemis I, it can be easy to forget rocket science is, well, just that. Before our modern understanding of the ins and outs of spaceflight, pioneers like Walter ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WDTN) — Drivers in parts of Ohio might have seen an actual rocket being transported to the Miami Valley. Ohio State Highway Patrol Matt Bruning, press secretary for the Ohio Department ...

Industrial activity like coal-burning and mining has greatly increased the amount of mercury in our environment, so much so that it now contaminates rivers, lakes and waterways as far away as the ...

May 8—It was a nuclear missile before it was a space rocket. Now, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has welcomed a restored replica to its permanent collection, and you can see it today after ...