On July 3, 1998, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Nozomi spacecraft on a mission to Mars. This ...

On July 2, 1985, the European Space Agency launched the Giotto space probe to get a close-up look at Halley's Comet. Nearly ...

On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of ...

On June 26, 1954, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics – basically pre-1958 NASA – moved their headquarters to a brand new facility at Edwards Air Force Base in California. More ...