At 8:51 UT July 20th, 1976, the Viking 1 lander separated from its orbiting counter-part. In just over two hours it would become the the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and carry out its mission. More »
History, made: The unmanned Dawn spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Vesta, a massive asteroid some 117million miles from our planet. This is the first spacecraft to orbit and object in our solar system's asteroid belt. [MSNBC] More »
There's something eerie and very sad about this beautiful photo of the Space Shuttle Challenger, crawling in the mist to Launch Complex 39-B. Days later, on January 28, 1986, the spacecraft disintegrated 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all astronauts aboard. More »
