Video: 'John F. Kennedy (USA), General Assembly (20 September 1963)'
(Friday, September 20, 1963, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy urged in a major policy speech before the United Nations today that the United States and Russia become partners in space and put a man on the moon together as a positive step toward ending the Cold War.
Kennedy told the 18th UN General Assembly session that East and West could engage in a “contest of achievement instead of intimidation.”
Video: 'Space Shuttle Challenger - STS-7 Landing'
(Friday, June 24, 1983, 6:57 a.m. PDT) — The space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing today at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Video: 'Skylab - The First 40 Days (1973)' (May 25, 1973, at 6:47)
(Friday, May 25, 9:00 a.m. EDT, part of NASA’s Skylab program) — Three American astronauts rocketed from earth this morning on an unprecedented mission to salvage the crippled Skylab space station and make it their orbital home for a record 28 days.
Video: 'Apollo 17 "On The Shoulders of Giants" - NASA Space Program &' (Dec. 19, 1972 at 25:17)
(Tuesday, December 19, 1972, 2:25 p.m. EST) — The Apollo 17 spacecraft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and landed safely today in the Pacific Ocean four miles from the recovery ship, the USS Ticonderoga. Continue reading Last Apollo astronauts to walk on moon return to earth 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: 'Apollo 17 "On The Shoulders of Giants" - NASA Space Program &' (Dec. 17, 1972 at 24:20)
(Sunday, December 17, 1972, 3:27 p.m. EST) — During the trip back to Earth from man’s last (to date) visit to the Moon, Apollo 17 astronaut Ron Evans successfully conducted a one hour and seven minute spacewalk to retrieve exposed film from the instrument bay on the exterior of the Command/Service Module (CSM).
Video: Dec. 14, 1962 (at 2:04)
(Friday, December 14, 1962; part of the Mariner program) — The U.S. space probe Mariner 2 passed Venus today at a distance of just over 21,000 miles, transmitting information about the planet, such as its hot surface temperatures and predominantly carbon dioxide atmosphere.
(Saturday, September 29, 1962, 2:05 a.m. EDT) — Canada joined the space age today as it launched the Alouette 1 satellite from the Pacific Missile Range at Vandenberg AFB, California.
Video: '1992: Space Shuttle Flight 50 (STS-47) - Endeavour'
(Saturday, September 12, 1992, 10:23:00.0680 a.m. EDT) — The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off today, carrying with it Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space, Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, and Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese national to fly on a U.S. spaceship.
Video: 'Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel'
(Monday, September 9, 2002, 4:30 p.m. PDT) — Former Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin was confronted outside the Luxe Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, today by conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel, who demanded that Aldrin swear on a Bible that he’d actually been to the moon. Aldrin ended up punching Sibrel in the jaw.
Video: '1962: Mariner 2 (NASA)'
(Monday, August 27, 1962, 2:53 a.m. EDT) — The United States launched the Mariner 2 space probe today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12, which would fly past Venus in December 1962.
