07.01.08 - Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which instituted NASA. Find out what else happened this month in exploration history.
06.02.08 - Twenty years after cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
05.05.08 - One hundred years ago, Charles Furnas became the first airplane passenger. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
04.01.08 - Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger embarked on its maiden voyage. During the mission, two astronauts performed the first spacewalk of the shuttle program. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
03.03.08 - Fifty years ago, the Naval Research Laboratory launched Vanguard 1, the first solar-powered satellite. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
02.01.08 - Fifty-five years ago, the Bell X-1A rocketplane made its first powered flight. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
01.03.08 - Fifty years ago, the United States launched its first satellite into space, later discovering the Van Allen Belts. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
12.03.07 - Thirty-five years ago, NASA launched Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon so far. Find out what else happened in December in This Month in Exploration.
11.01.07 - Forty years ago, NASA launched the first Saturn V rocket, the largest launch vehicle ever made, to begin the Apollo 4 mission. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
10.01.07 - Fifty years ago the world's first artificial satellite was launched, triggering the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
09.04.07 - Read about the spacecraft that captured this first image of the Earth and moon together in a single frame 30 years ago, along with more fascinating facts in This Month in Exploration.
08.01.07 - Read why this nose cone from a Jupiter C rocket was so important that President Eisenhower gave a speech about it 50 years ago. Check out more fascinating facts in This Month in Exploration.
07.02.07 - This aviation pioneer covered his aircraft's wings in paper. Find out who he was, and read more fascinating facts in This Month in Exploration.
06.01.07 - The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) Satellite studied white dwarf stars and binary star systems fifteen years ago. Read more fascinating facts about aviation and space exploration in This Month in Exploration.
05.01.07 - Ten years ago, this tailless aircraft completed its first flight. Read This Month in Exploration for more quick facts about aviation and exploration history.
04.02.07 - Twenty years ago NASA began testing this F-18 Research Vehicle. Read This Month in Exploration for more quick facts about aviation and exploration history.
03.01.07 - One hundred years ago, this plane unfolded its wings and flew 33 feet. Read This Month in Exploration for more quick facts about aviation and exploration history.
02.02.07 - Five years ago, NASA launched the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) Observatory to study the behavior of solar flares. Read This Month in Exploration for more quick facts about aviation and exploration history.
01.03.07 - In January 2002, the Stardust spacecraft reached its farthest distance from Earth. Check out This Month in Exploration for more interesting facts about aviation and exploration history.
12.08.06 - In December 2001, NASA launched a research satellite to study the impact humans have on the least understood part of Earth's atmosphere. Find out the satellite's name, and discover other interesting developments that occurred in December.