On Nov. 29, 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited Earth ...

Houston, the home of NASA's Johnson Space Center, earned its nickname 'Space City' by playing a central, critical role in human space exploration, including the Apollo missions, the Space Shuttle ...

May 5 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first American to go into space. On May 5, 1961, Shepard's Freedom ...

The film chronicles the significant milestones in manned space flight from late 1961 to the end of 1962, highlighting the successful launch of the Saturn vehicle, the establishment of NASA's Office of ...