On this day in 1962, John F. Kennedy stood at Rice University and made the case for going to the Moon.
No American had even spent a full day in orbit.
Less than seven years later, humans were standing on the Moon.
#OnThisDay #JFK #NASA #SpaceHistory #ushistory

#OTD: 10 September 2014, this amazing image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken when ESA's Rosetta spacecraft was 27.8 km from the comet 🧪🔭

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#OTD 10 September 1982, launch of Ariane 1 L5 with MARECS B and Sirio-2 satellites on board. Unfortunately, the flight failed 7 minutes after liftoff because of a failure of the third stage. The vehicle and payload were lost.

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On Feb 20, 1962, John Glenn orbited Earth 3 times in 5 hours! Schools & offices literally stopped to watch on TV. His courage jumpstarted America's space dreams. From "60 Amazing Discoveries of the 20th Century" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7SSGDKM #SpaceHistory #FunFacts #LearningIsFun

67 years ago today: NASA launched Big Joe 1 on Atlas LV-3B.

The flight is recorded as partial failure.

Six hundred parts in the Delta-V garage, each stating what it costs in mass and what it buys back in thrust.

https://www.playdeltav.space/get?s=bluesky&c=history

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On Sept. 6, 1947, the US Navy conducted its first ballistic missile test at sea with Operation Sandy, launching a V-2 rocket from the USS Midway. This marked a significant step in missile technology. #spacehistory #News

On this day in 1947, the US Navy launched its first V-2 rocket from an aircraft carrier, proving that spaceflight could happen anywhere the sea touches the sky. #SpaceHistory sugataai.com/blog/on-this...

On Sept. 4, 1962, Mariner 2 fired its thrusters for the first deep-space maneuver, proving we could navigate the void to reach Venus. #SpaceHistory sugataai.substack.com/p/214167559

🚀 Cape Canaveral once had a completely different name! How long before the original name was restored? 5, 20, or 30 years? Take a guess! quizreps.com/en/posts/how-long-did-cape-canaveral-bear-a-different-name-before-the-original-name-was-restored-ea37a931.html #SpaceHistory #Trivia #Quiz