500,000 miles for a stamp
This memento, sold by the U.S. Postal Service, carries a 10-cent airmail stamp with first day of issue cancellations. Signed by President Richard Nixon and astronauts...
A fragment of a tragedy
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just seconds after liftoff. This April 18, 1986, photograph shows a segment of the right wing from...
Astronauts' view
This aerial photograph, taken on July 31, 1997, shows the John F. Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida. The Kennedy Space Center, administered by the...
Celebrating on planet Earth
American citizens celebrated the Moon landing in many different ways—by holding Moon parties, by taking photographs, or, in the case of Thaddeus A. Zagorewicz, by...
Challenger's resting place
On January 28, 1986, at 11:30, A.M. just one minute after lift off, the Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew were destroyed in an explosion. After pieces of the...
Checklist for astronauts
This card includes a checklist of the procedures to be followed by the astronauts on their 50-minute and 2-hour extra vehicular activities (EVA)—walks on the lunar...
Cold weather problems
On January 28, 1986, at 11:30, A.M. just one minute after lift off, the Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew were destroyed in an explosion. Not long after the...