Latest articles by Hanneke Weitering
On Oct. 17, 2016, the Antares rocket now built by Northrop Grumman Space Systems returned to flight to come back from a catastrophic explosion. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 16, 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES weather satellite. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the "Whirlpool Galaxy," also known as Messier 51, or M51. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 12, 1964, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1, a 24-hour crewed mission that achieved several "firsts" for human spaceflight. Here's why it mattered.
On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 10, 1967, the international Outer Space Treaty on how countries can use outer space ratified. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 9, 1992, a space rock the size of a bowling ball fell out of space and crash landed on a woman's Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, New York. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 8, 1992, NASA's Pioneer 12 spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere of Venus. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 7, 2002, the space shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-112 to build up the backbone of the International Space Station. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 6, 1992, the United States and Russia signed an agreement to share astronauts and cosmonauts on human spaceflight missions. Here's why it mattered.
On. Oct. 5, 1962, the European Southern Observatory was born! Here's why the network of telescopes atop Chile's Atacama Desert matter.
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the satellite that started the Space Race. Here's why it mattered.
On Oct. 3, 1942, Nazi Germany conducted the first successful test launch of its V-2 rocket, a weapon of war that helped set the stage for the space age.
On Oct. 2, 2015, the United Launch Alliance launched its 100th rocket! Here's why one company's rocket milestone mattered.
On Oct. 1, 1958, NASA was born! The space agency officially opened for business on this day. Here's why it mattered.
On Sept. 30, 2016, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft purposely crashed into a comet. Here's why it mattered.
On Sept. 29, 1977, the Soviet Union launched its Salyut 6 space station into orbit. Here's why the new home in space mattered.
On Sept. 28, 1962, Canada launched its first satellite, Alouette 1, even before there was a Canadian Space Agency. Here's why it mattered.
On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth. Here's why it mattered.
On Sept. 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launchpad, triggering the first ever launch abort escape for a human crew. Here's why it mattered.
On Sept. 25, 2008, China's space program launched its third human spaceflight mission, Shenzhou 7, which included the country's first spacewalk. Here's why it mattered.
On Sept. 24, 2014, India's first interplanetary mission entered into orbit around Mars in a stunning feat of space engineering. Here's why it mattered.
