Former Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Dies
Astronaut Gordon Cooper, jr., one of the original seven Mercury astronauts, died Monday, October 4 at the age of 77. More...
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper, jr., one of the original seven Mercury astronauts, died Monday, October 4 at the age of 77. More...
The packages containing the Genesis probe samples arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) late Monday, October 4. Samples will soon be unpackaged and stored in a protective clean room and disseminated to scientists for study.
Although the results are not yet official, it appears that the Scaled Composites team has won the $10 million Ansari X-Prize by successfully completing their second flight into space in less than 7 days. Brian Binnie piloted SpaceShip One to over 360,000 feet.