Video: 'Al Worden's Deep Space EVA'
(Thursday, August 5, 1971, 11:40 p.m. EDT) — Apollo 15 astronaut Alfred Worden stepped into the black vacuum 196,000 miles from the earth today to become the first person ever to take a floating excursion outside his craft in interplanetary “deep space.” Continue reading Apollo 15 astronaut Alfred Worden becomes first human to walk in deep space 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 5 1971)
Video: 'Apollo 15 Remastered [4K]' (July 31, 1971, at 25:28)
(Saturday, July 31, 1971, 11:20 a.m. EDT) — Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott became the first persons to drive a wheeled vehicle on the surface of the Moon today with astronaut James Irwin riding along as a passenger. Continue reading Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott becomes first human to drive a wheeled vehicle on the Moon’s surface 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1971)
Video: 'Flying Down to Hadley Rille, Apollo 15 Moon Landing, 1971'
(Friday, July 30, 1971, 6:16:29 p.m. EDT) — Two American astronauts rode their craft to a smooth landing on the Moon tonight, coming to rest in a valley at the foot of spectacular mountains and near the rim of a deep canyon, Hadley Rille. Continue reading Apollo 15 crew lands on the Moon near mountains and a canyon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 30 1971)
Video: 'NBC NEWS - APOLLO 15 LAUNCH (7-26-1971)'
(Monday, July 26, 1971, 9:34 a.m. EDT) — Apollo 15, carrying astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Merritt Island, Florida, this morning on its mission to the Moon. Continue reading Apollo 15 heads for Moon after smooth launching and docking with module 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 26 1971)
Video: 'Soyuz 11 - Death Of Three Astronauts'
(Wednesday, June 30, 1971, approximately 1:47 a.m. Moscow Standard Time) — After a successful mission aboard Salyut 1, the world’s first manned space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft were killed today during their return into Earth’s atmosphere after 23 days on the orbiting station, setting a new record for time spent in space. Continue reading Three Soviet cosmonauts who set endurance record for space flights die on return to Earth 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 30 1971)
Video: 'President Kennedy's "Moon Address" to Congress, May 25, 1961'
(Thursday, May 25, 1961, 12:30-1:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy, addressing a joint session of the Congress today, declared “I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth.” Continue reading President Kennedy aims to put an American on the Moon ‘before this decade is out’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1961)
Video: 'Shepard Medal Presentation'
(Monday, May 8, 1961, 10:00-10:25 a.m. EDT) — Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., 37, who became the first American to travel into space just three days ago aboard Freedom 7, was presented the NASA Distinguished Service Medal by President John F. Kennedy today at the White House.
Continue reading Astronaut Alan Shepard, first American in space, decorated by President Kennedy 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1961)
Video: 'Alan Shepard " Launch ", LIVE on TV at NBC, (Mercury / Redstone rocket), May 5, 1961'
(Friday, May 5, 1961, 9:34:13 a.m. EDT/14:34:13 UTC) — Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., 37, became the first American in space today as Freedom 7 lifted off from Cape Canaveral.
Continue reading Astronaut Alan Shepard becomes first American to travel into space 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 5 1961)
Video: 'NBC News Coverage of STS-1 The 1st Space Shuttle Mission' (25 videos; launch is on video #6 at 3:07)
(Sunday, April 12, 1981, 7:00:03 a.m. EST) — The world’s first reusable spacecraft, the space shuttle Columbia, with two crew members, astronauts John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen, lifted off this morning from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida.
Continue reading NASA’s first space shuttle rockets into orbit with two astronauts aboard 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 12 1981)
Video: 'Yuri Gagarin: First Man In Space | Chasing the Moon | American Experience | PBS'
(Wednesday, April 12, 1961, at 12:07 p.m. Alma-Ata Time; during the Space Race and the Cold War) — Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, 27, became the first human to go into outer space today, launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site No.1, a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to Russia, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Continue reading Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes first human blasted into outer space 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 12 1961)
