Many expected the program to fail. Budget estimates from 1963 projected a cost upward of $40 billion, twice the original budget set in 1961. George E. Mueller, associate administrator for the Office of Manned S
The basic Apollo space suit was also used for spacewalking during the Skylab missions. During the early flights of the space shuttle, astronauts wore a brown flight suit. Like earlier missions, this flight suit was meant to protect the astronauts if the cabin pressure failed. Its design was ...
Although Yeager himself didn't become part of the Mercury manned spaceflight program, he served as a prototype for the kind of person NASA felt could succeed as an astronaut. By the end of 1958, NASA finally settled on a list of qualifications for astronauts in the Mercury program. Each ...
Taking the good withthe bad regarding space exploration, NASA has achieved many accomplishments since it was established. Project Mercury was its first program to send astronauts into space to test humans' survival. It included six manned flights between 1961 and 1963. As part of Project Apollo, ...
NASA has achieved many accomplishments since it was established. Project Mercury was its first program to send astronauts into space to test humans' survival. It included six manned flights between 1961 and 1963. As part of Project Apollo, Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong became the first person...
NASA did relent and agreed to an hour’s free time for the astronauts each day. But the incident drove home how little actual direct control space agencies have over the actions of their astronauts. Lessons taken from the “Skylab mutiny” incident are that astronauts cannot be worked continuou...
“moon buggy,” the first lunar rover. The lightweight unit folded up under the lunar landing module, ran on electric power and boasted its own onboard navigation system that communicated directly with mission control on Earth. Apollo 15 astronauts drove 17 miles across the lunar surface ...
Apollo 13, when limited battery power and an inability to use the high-gain antennas meant the crew was unable to communicate with NASA's Manned Space Flight Network, the largest DSN antenna, along with Australia's Parkes Observatory radio telescope, was critical in bringing the astronauts home...
Asteroids News ByJeremy HsupublishedAugust 10, 2010 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. An artist's interpretation of a manned mission to a near Earth asteroid using NASA's new Orion spacecraft.(Image credit: Image Copyright...
The Space Shuttle program retired in 2011, starting this window we’re in where the US has no way to perform manned space flight. The next Space Shuttle-style full US space program is supposed to be the creatively-named Space Launch System and its Orion spacecraft, but delays have pushed ...