In December 1973, Skylab 4 astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue passed the one-month mark of the third and final mission aboard
Forty years ago, in 1983, the Space Shuttle Columbia flew its first international spaceflight, STS-9. The mission included for the first time the European Space Agency’s Spacelab pressurized module.
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union had a fierce technological rivalry as they entered the unknown. In the race to conquer space, who truly soared to greater heights? Did the stars and stripes outshine the hammer and sickle, or vice versa? Which country contributed to the development of rocket technology,
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NASA has produced thousands of images over its illustrious 65-year history, but some images have had a far greater impact than others. Among this vast portfolio, certain images stand out for having reshaped our understanding of space and our place within it, capturing moments that have both ignited the collective imagination and further driven our sciences forward.