On July 11, 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth as it burned up in the atmosphere, showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The last ...

On July 10, 1962, the communications satellite Telstar 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to beam live ...

OTD In Space - July 10: 1st Private Space Mission Launches. Space. Thu, July 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC. On July 10, 1962, the communications satellite Telstar 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral ...

On July 9, 1979, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the planet's cloud tops. Voyager 2 was one of two space ...

OTD In Space - May 22: SpaceX Launches 1st Private Cargo Mission To The International Space Station. Space. Thu, May 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC.