Space Exploration - Videos

This Day in History: 10/04/1957 – Sputnik Launched

This Day in History: 05/05/1961 – The first American in space

This Day In History: 04/25/1983 – Andropov Writes to Student

This Day In History: 04/17/1970 – Apollo 13 Returns to Earth

This Day in History: 07/20/1969 – Armstrong Walks on Moon

This Day in History: 10/29/1998 – John Glenn Returns to Space

This Day in History: 07/29/1958 – NASA Created

This Day In History: 01/28/1986 – Challenger Explodes

This Day in History: 12/24/1979 – Soviets enter Afghanistan

This Day in History: 06/29/1995 – Shuttle Docks with Mir

Space: JFK’s New Frontier

President Kennedy establishes his New Frontier with a challenge to venture into outer space. John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, one step in America’s endeavor to land on the moon.