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President Ronald Reagan (tan suit) waves from the podium as thousands of spectators cheer. More than half a million people gathered to watch Space Shuttle Columbia touch down following STS-4. The prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise is behind Reagan. Photo Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Fourth of July Present to Remember

June 12, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Columbia impresses Apollo veteran Ken Mattingly.

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. sits in a flight couch for final testing before Mercury-Redstone 3. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Shepard Claims the Prize

May 9, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Astronaut tells rocket: ‘Okay buster, let’s go and get the job done.’

The crew members of the Apollo 13 mission step onto the deck of the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Aboard the ship, Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot (left); James A. Lovell, Jr., commander (center); and John L. Swigert, Jr., command module pilot, discussed writing an account of the perilous spaceflight. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Investigating Apollo 13

April 10, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Review board focuses on role of oxygen tank 2 in accident.

Charles W. Mathews, Manager, Project Gemini (right) stands and the flight director's console, viewing Gemini X flight display data in the Mission Control Center on July 18, 1966. With him, from left, are William C. Schneider, Mission Director; Glynn Lunney, Prime Flight Director; and Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Gemini Rises

March 9, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Program manager guides team to success of Gemini III.

STS-82 crew members Mark C. Lee (left) and Steven L. Smith (on RMS arm) work on the Hubble Space Telescope during the mission’s fifth extravehicular activity (EVA). Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: STS-82 Upgrades Hubble

February 10, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

Hubble servicing mission relies on expertise and experience of seasoned crew.

STS-89 Commander Terrence Wilcutt, left, greets Mission Specialist David Wolf at the airlock of Space Shuttle Endeavour, following Wolf’s 128-day mission aboard the Mir space station. It was a reunion in space for Wilcutt and Wolf, who were both from NASA Astronaut Group 13. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: A Reunion at Mir

January 12, 2023 // by Kevin Wilcox

STS-89 reunites members of NASA Astronaut Group 13.

Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the towering Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to install protective covers on magnetometers. Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman (bottom of frame) assisted Musgrave with final servicing tasks on the telescope, wrapping up five days of extravehicular activities (EVA). Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: STS-61 Saves Hubble

December 8, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Ambitious mission includes five EVAs, unprecedented rendezvous.

Mariner 4 was the first spacecraft to take close-up photographs of another planet. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Mariner 4 Launches

November 3, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Mission replaces wild ideas about Mars with the first stark images of the surface.

An artist impression of Ulysses spacecraft at Jupiter. Ulysses used Jupiter's powerful gravity to hurl it out of the Plane of the Ecliptic so it could study the polar regions of the Sun. Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech

This Month in NASA History: Ulysses Begins Journey

October 11, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Crew of STS-41 launches spacecraft on out-of-ecliptic mission to the Sun.

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