But Kennedy sold the space program instrumentally as well, in a more familiar politician’s register. Sometimes he used the strategic language of the Cold War, promising to achieve “a position of pre-eminence” relative to the Soviet Union in order to pre-empt scenarios in which space is weaponized against us.

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This lesson details how NASA got from Alan Shepard rocketing into low orbit in 1961 to Neil Armstrong taking "one small step" on the lunar surface in 1969 and today's

In 1989, President George H.W. Bush announced the Space Exploration Initiative with the goals of going back to the moon "to stay" and, eventually, missions to Mars, Muir-Harmony said. The initiative was ended by Bush's successor, President Bill Clinton, due to costs and in favor of less expensive missions.

Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator, outlines how the US space program actively supports military operations by utilizing satellites for observation and communication. Isaacman highlights the Space Force's role in monitoring Iran's military moves,

The chief of Russia’s main spacecraft manufacturer issued a dire warning this week, saying that his corporation has reached a “critical” condition and cannot continue in its present state. “The situation is critical: multi-million dollar debts ...

Have you ever wanted to see the computers behind the first (and for now only) man-made objects to leave the heliosphere? [Gary Friedman] shows us, with an archived tour of JPL building 230 in the

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A sampling of the over 2,000 artworks that are part of the NASA Art Program were recently uploaded to NASA's Flickrstream, and give an insight into the breadth of work that has come out of this rare merger between a government agency and art. Annie ...

Space simulator Kerbal Space Program has seen a resurgence as players celebrate the launch of the world's first manned mission to the Moon, Artemis II, in decades.