It was just about noon. The sky was clear. The air was warm. Then a deafening rumble meant it was time. Columbia had launched and a new, more practical, more liberating era in space exploration had begun.
GIF: YouTube Kids and space ships go hand in hand, which is why so many of us fondly remember Lego set #1682, the Space Shuttle Launch, released 27 years ago. Last month Adam Woodworth created a tiny drone version of Lego’s shuttle that could fly indoors, but now he’s created…
With his passing earlier today, John Glenn is being remembered as not only the first American to orbit the Earth, but also the oldest. Here’s why NASA sent a 77-year-old man into space, and how his historic trip set space science forward.