Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule for a 15 minute suborbital flight with no communication glitches. He was…
Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a…
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) used the same antennas built for Project Echo to conduct radar experiments to determine Venus’…
A three-year-old chimpanzee, named Ham, in the biopack couch for the MR-2 suborbital test flight.
Alan Shepard prepares his sub-orbital spaceflight in the procedures trainer before launch of Freedom 7.
The 26 meter antenna in Woomera, Australia became operational when it received voice and teletype message from Goldstone via reflection…
Project Echo was launched. Echo originally started as a 30 inch balloon for the payload of Vanguard to observe atmospheric…
The Project Mercury crew quarters in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
An aerial view of Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Tracking, telemetry and command (TT&C) was an approach that NASA Goddard Space Flight Center started testing in 1960 and quickly…
