On January 31, 1961, Ham was secured in a specially designed capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone 2 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket ignited as the countdown reached zero, sending Ham soaring ...

Indeed, Mercury was far from impossible to glimpse during elongations as favorable as the upcoming one. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!

New Hampshire is loaded with fascinating history as it is one of the earliest settled parts of the United States. Engaging ...

The booster on the pad at Cape Canaveral was a Redstone, a militarily obsolete but reliable Army rocket. Perched on its nose was a Mercury space capsule, designed to carry a man into orbit and ...

Mercury should be easy to find within a 90-minute window after the sun sets, Space.com reported. The planet will be at its greatest elongation from the sun. Elongation is the angular distance ...