As NASA and SpaceX prepare for the first astronaut launch from U.S. soil in nearly a decade, it’s important to understand how far human spaceflight has come since the first space explorer.
Leading up to the May 27 launch of NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, we’re taking a look back at milestones in U.S.
human spaceflight that paved the way for future astronauts. Last week’s time capsule story highlighted the Mercury and Gemini projects, both of which were crucial to the Apollo Project and the 1969 moon landing.
Building on the two previous programs, the Apollo spacecraft had room for three astronauts and required two more vehicles, a command module for transport to the moon and back and a lunar module used for landing on the