On September 14, 1959, the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 spacecraft became the first man-made object to reach the Moon. The mission, ...

In March 1968, the Soviet Union had a partial success with Zond 4. With this launch, they were able to take the spacecraft ...

Letters selected from Purdue University Archives and Special Collections' larger Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives, established in 2011 Summary "In the years between the historic ...

It all started with a declaration by a president in the midst of a cold war. Saturday, July 20, marks the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon. Those five decades have allowed historians to ...

Manmade satellites launch from Florida regularly But the U.S. (and Florida) just celebrated an anniversary with Earth’s natural satellite this weekend, on July 20, which was also International Moon ...