2016 – Page 40 – Spaceflight Now

July 20, 1969: Lunar landing of Apollo 11

July 20, 2016 Justin Ray

Mankind’s first landing on the Moon and stepping foot on the lunar surface occurred today in 1969 by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

July 20, 1976: Landing on the red planet

July 20, 2016 Justin Ray

Today marks the 40th anniversary — July 20, 1976 — of the first U.S. robotic landing on another planet by the Viking 1 spacecraft on Mars.

Secret NRO satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for July 28 launch

July 19, 2016 Justin Ray

Crews hoisted a covert spacecraft atop an Atlas 5 booster rocket this morning for its trek into an equatorial orbit next week.

Russian spacecraft delivers fuel and supplies to space station

July 19, 2016 Stephen Clark

A Progress refueling and resupply freighter linked up with the International Space Station’s Pirs docking compartment Monday, two days after blasting off from Kazakhstan with more than 2.6 tons of cargo, propellants and water.

Gallery of photos from Monday’s Falcon 9 flight

July 18, 2016 Stephen Clark

Taking off and landing in the middle of the night at Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered a Dragon supply ship to orbit for the International Space Station as the launcher’s first stage booster swooped to a spectacular touchdown.

Photos: Progress MS-03 supply ship fires away from Kazakhstan

July 18, 2016 Stephen Clark

Russia’s Progress MS-03 cargo crafted rode a Soyuz rocket into orbit Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, beginning a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station.

SpaceX sends supplies to space station, lands another Falcon rocket

July 18, 2016 Stephen Clark

Rising into a midnight sky lit by the full moon, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral early Monday with a commercial cargo craft on the way to the International Space Station, then returned to Florida’s Space Coast for a dramatic nighttime landing.

Year: 2016

July 20, 1969: Lunar landing of Apollo 11

July 20, 1976: Landing on the red planet

Secret NRO satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for July 28 launch

Russian spacecraft delivers fuel and supplies to space station

Gallery of photos from Monday’s Falcon 9 flight

Photos: Progress MS-03 supply ship fires away from Kazakhstan

SpaceX sends supplies to space station, lands another Falcon rocket

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifted vertical for cargo launch

Timeline for SpaceX’s ninth station resupply launch

Live coverage: Commercial cargo craft completes space station rendezvous