Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. A satellite NASA launched 56 years ago to study Earth’s ...
On April 8, 1964, NASA launched the first uncrewed test flight of the new Gemini spacecraft. This was the very first mission of Project Gemini, which would later send crews of two into orbit. NASA ...
A long-retired NASA satellite burned up in Earth's atmosphere over the weekend, the agency has confirmed. NASA launched the satellite, called Orbiting Geophysics Observatory 1, or OGO-1, in September ...
On Nov. 28, 1964, NASA launched a successful journey to Mars. In July 1965 the Mariner 4 spacecraft made history when it completed the first flyby of the red planet and sent 21 grainy black-and-white ...
Red Planet Day reminds us how a single spacecraft, Mariner 4, transformed humanity's understanding of Mars and opened a new ...
The Air Force Academy plans to honor 1964 graduate and astronaut Frederick Gregory by renaming a building in his honor. The Consolidated Education and Training Facility — which houses astronautical ...