Andrew Chaikin discusses the attitudes, beliefs and assumptions that led to Apollo’s worst day—the fire that killed the Apollo 1 crew in January 1967—as well as those modes of behavior that allowed NASA to recover from the accident and accomplish Apollo 11’s lunar landing in July 1969.
President addressed Congress 58 years ago this month, revealing a bold vision for expansion of U.S. space program.
The European Space Agency’s Torsten Bieler discusses how ESA uses concurrent engineering.
Evelyn Husband Thompson’s keynote address during national tour moves audience.
It is crucial to learn and understand as much as possible about the causes of human spaceflight mishaps to prevent them from reoccurring and to make future missions as safe as possible.
Abigail Fraeman, deputy project scientist on the Mars Exploration Rover mission, discusses the Opportunity rover mission.
Team excited by discovery that suggests rocky planet is still seismically active.
Display of artifacts, APPEL course, townhalls planned for NASA centers.
Twins Study Provides Fascinating Insight into the Effects of Spaceflight on the Human Body.
