SHORT AVIATION STORIES
space exploration
SPACE
Polish astronaut officially assigned for space flight
On 5th August 2024, Axiom Space – a Houston-based US company, involved in the development of astronautical technologies and commercial space tourism – has published a press release disclosing its future space exploration plans and […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong, an American military pilot and cosmonaut, as well as the first man to step on the Moon, was born on 5th August 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1932, shortly after Armstrong’s second birthday, […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
NASA Space Shuttle programme
On 8th July 2011, the STS-135 space mission was launched. It was the final flight into space for Atlantis spacecraft, as well as the beginning of the last mission within the NASA Space Shuttle programme. […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Rafale fighters to protect Ariane 6 launch
On 9th July 2024, Ariane 6 expendable launch system made its maiden flight from ELA-4 launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch, considered a milestone of the European space […]
SPACE
NASA choses SpaceX to deorbit the ISS
Continuous scientific, educational and technological research in low Earth orbit, as well as deep space exploration, have been one of the main goals of NASA for decades. Currently, one of the key outposts of such […]
SPACE
41 years since the first US female astronaut flew into space
18th June 2024 marked forty-one years since Sally Kristen Ride flew into space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, thus becoming the first American woman in space. On 16th January 1978, NASA publicly announced names of […]
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Valentina Tereshkova
On 16th June 1963, Vostok 6 spacecraft was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, with just one cosmonaut on board – Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Валентина Владимировна Терешкова) was […]
DREAMERS AND DOERS
63 years since the NASA Mercury-Redstone 3 mission – the story of America’s first astronaut
Tensions, which aroused between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Second World War, led to mutual economic and technological rivalry between both superpowers. Part of their competition was to conquer space by […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
19 April 2021 – first flight of the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity
On 19th April 2021, the autonomous NASA helicopter Ingenuity made its first flight at Wright Brothers Field on Mars. Ingenuity (also nicknamed Ginny) became the first aircraft to perform powered and controlled extra-terrestrial flight. Although […]