It was a tall order. The Mercury missions showed that astronauts could live in space for up to a full day. And the Gemini missions built on this experience to make spectacular progress.

Chris Kraft was sole flight director for the Mercury missions and the lead flight director on several of the Gemini flights. He describes the position this way: "There's only one flight director.

Sunita Williams' astrological chart illuminates her success as an astronaut, emphasizing traits such as intelligence, ...

So, yeah. Our continued space adventures will likely include explosions and failed landings (but please not this week). But ...

The history of Texas’ legacy in the space race from the ’60s-’70s is a storied one, and it started with a lot of hard work by the Lone Star State to get America’s astronauts up to the stars.