Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of first US-Soviet space mission, dies at 93
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, known for Apollo 10, passed away at 93 in Space Coast. Led pivotal space missions, influenced international cooperation, and left a lasting impact on space exploration. Survived by wife Linda and family.
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the International Space Stationβs Expedition 71 crew, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Soyuz commander Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus participated in a variety of activities March 6-18 as they prepared...
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying an uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft lifted off today at 2055 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Cargo resupply..
STS-61-B was the 23rd NASA Space Shuttle mission, and its second using Space Shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 26, 1985. During STS-61-B, the..