space program a close tie to all manner of nefarious activities. This essay will seek to discuss these four narratives and how they have interrelated over the 50 years of the Space age.Launius, R. DKansas Univ.Launius, Roger D. "American Spaceflight History's Master Narrative...
To Touch the Face of God: The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Space Program, 1957-1975HerschM.H.ingentaconnectJournal of American History Bloomington
The early development of the American space program took place during the backdrop of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and featured ever more complex and far-reaching spacecraft. A joint U.S. Army and U.S. Navy initiative called Project Orbiter launched in 1954, with the goal of ...
US Space Force celebrates return of 1st Guardian to launch to space (photos) Each weekday, SPACE.com looks back at the history of spaceflight through photos (archive). Get the Space.com Newsletter Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!
This article is a review of NASA's "Emerging Space: The Evolving Landscape of 21st Century American Spaceflight" report. It explores the history of American spaceflight, explains NASA's current activity, and discusses how NASA sees its future. It cri...
first female astronaut Jerrie Cobb and the Mercury 13, a unique case in the history of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA). She also presents an analysis of the cultural factors behind NASA's policy to exclude women from spaceflight....
The project consists of a mid-density residential building with a modular steel structure, intended as a starting point for similar initiatives in response to what is now considered one of the most catastrophic events in Chile's recent history. As stated by Alejandro Aravena and the city's ...
John Glenn was a NASA astronaut who, in 1962, made history by becoming the first American to orbit Earth. He was one of the "Mercury 7," NASA's first astronaut class. Glenn was a vital part of the U.S. space program, and his orbit around the planet was an important equalizing step...
Unfortunately, the building will more likely be remembered for its short life, taking, in the words of The New York Times reporter Robin Pogrebin, "a dubious place in history as having had one of the shortest lives of an architecturally ambitious project in Manhattan." Read more about the ...
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people ...