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Feb. 6, 1959: Titan Launches; Cold War Heats Up
The United States successfully test-fires its first Titan I intercontinental ballistic missile. The threat of global nuclear holocaust moves from the plausible to the likely. The post Feb. 6, 1959:...
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July 29, 1958: Ike Inks Space Law, NASA Born in Wake of Russ Moon
1958: President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The plot had thickened months before. Beep … beep … beep … They were...
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Jan. 31, 1958: First U.S. Satellite Discovers Van Allen Belt
1958: The United States enters the space age with the successful launch of the Explorer I satellite. Data from the satellite confirms the existence of a radiation belt girdling the Earth. Explorer I,...
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Feb. 24, 1949: Piercing the Edge of the Final Frontier
1949: The first U.S. rocket to reach what can be regarded as “outer space” is launched from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The rocket, a modified German V-2 ballistic missile, attained...
View ArticleMarch 16, 1926: Goddard Launches Rocketry
Robert Goddard's folly becomes fact with the first successful launch of a liquid-fueled rocket, performed at his Aunt Effie's farm in Connecticut. The post March 16, 1926: Goddard Launches Rocketry...
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