Video: 'ABC News Coverage of STS-8' (parts 1-6)
(Tuesday, August 30, 1983, 2:32:00 a.m. EDT) — Guion Bluford, 40, became the first African-American in space early today, traveling aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on the mission STS-8 following a 17-minute delay due to thunderstorms near the launch site. Continue reading Guion Bluford becomes first African-American astronaut in space 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 30 1983)
Video: 'STS7 Live Launch LS 6 18 83'
(Saturday, June 18, 1983, launch at 7:33:00 a.m. EDT; during STS-7) — Astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman to be rocketed into space today as she and four colleagues (commander Robert L. Crippen, pilot Frederick H. Hauck and Ride’s fellow mission specialists John M. Fabian and Norman E. Thagard) blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger on a busy six-day mission. Continue reading Sally K. Ride becomes first American woman in space 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 18 1983)
Video: 'First Woman in Space - 1963 | Today In History | 16 June 17'
(Sunday, June 16, 1963, 09:29:52 UTC; during the Space Race) — The world’s first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, was launched into orbit today by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6. Continue reading Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman to travel into space 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 16 1963)
Video: 'KUMV Night Report news 1983'
(Monday, June 13, 1983, 8:00 a.m. EDT) — The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the first human-made object to leave the vicinity of the major planets of the Solar System today as it crossed the orbit of Neptune, at that time the outermost planet, 11 years after it was launched in 1972. Continue reading Pioneer 10 becomes first spacecraft to leave our solar system 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 13 1983)
Video: 'Major Cooper's 22 Orbits Round The Earth (1963)'
(Wednesday, May 15, 1963, 9:04:13 a.m. EDT, part of NASA’s Project Mercury) — NASA launched Mercury 9 from Cape Canaveral today with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the capsule designated Faith 7 on the final crewed space mission of the U.S. Mercury program. Continue reading Astronaut Gordon Cooper blasts off aboard Faith 7 on final crewed space mission of U.S. Mercury program 60 years ago this hour (May 15 1963)
Video: 'Apollo Skylab 1 Launch May 14, 1973.mp4'
(Monday, May 14, 1973, 1:30:00 p.m. EDT, during the Space Race) — Skylab, the first space station of the United States, was launched uncrewed today from Cape Kennedy, Florida, but was seriously damaged during liftoff. Continue reading First American space station rockets into Earth’s orbit after suffering serious damage during liftoff 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 14 1973)
Video: 'Columbia Accident News Coverage, CNN and NBC, February 1, 2003 (Volume 1 of 3)'
(Saturday, February 1, 2003, 9:00:18 a.m. EST; during STS-107) — The space shuttle Columbia broke up this morning on re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts on board and sending fiery debris over Texas in the second loss of a space shuttle in 17 years. Continue reading Space shuttle Columbia breaks up during re-entry, killing all seven astronauts aboard and sending fiery debris over Texas and Louisiana 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 1 2003)
Video: 'Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants (BEST QUALITY)' (final moments on the moon at 20:16)
(Thursday, December 14, 1972, 12:41 a.m. EST) — Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, 38, climbed into the lunar module Challenger early this morning, following fellow astronaut Harrison Schmitt, to become the last person to have set foot on the moon to date. Continue reading Astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes last person to walk on the moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1972)
Video: 'Apollo 17 landing from PDI to Touchdown' (Challenger lands on the Moon at 14:08)
(Monday, December 11, 1972, 2:54:57 p.m. EST) — Apollo 17’s lunar module landed on the moon today with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt aboard, becoming the last two men to date to step onto the lunar surface. Continue reading Apollo 17’s lunar module ‘Challenger’ lands on the moon in final manned lunar landing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1972)
Video: 'Launch of Apollo 17 TV Coverage' (video begins 13:02 before lift-off)
(Thursday, December 7, 1972, 12:33:00 a.m. EST) — Delayed for more than two hours by a minor technical error, Apollo 17 vaultedfrom launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida toward the moon early this morning, propelled by a fiery rocket on was man’s last voyage to another world. Continue reading America’s final manned mission to the moon launched as Apollo 17 blasts off from Cape Canaveral 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 7 1972)
