Oct 03 Watch Fifty Years Ago, Sputnik Launched Space Age Fifty years ago this week, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into space. On the anniversary of the turning point in space exploration, a NASA historian and a science reporter assess the impact and legacy of the… Continue watching
Sep 01 Lockheed Wins Contract for NASA Exploration Spacecraft By PBS News Hour NASA has awarded a multibillion dollar contract to Lockheed Martin to build a manned spacecraft to replace the retiring space shuttle fleet and ferry astronauts to the moon and possibly Mars. Continue reading