space science Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/space-science/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:53:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg space science Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/space-science/ 32 32 Ed White: The First American Walk(er) https://aviospace.org/ed-white-first-american-walker/ https://aviospace.org/ed-white-first-american-walker/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:45:57 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9259 The momentous occasion of Ed White performing the first American spacewalk was captured by the co-pilot of Gemini 4, James A. McDivitt. The caption of the photo should befittingly be Ed White’s joyous words while performing the “extra-vehicular activity,” (aka Space walking): “I feel like a million dollars”. Ed also commented that coming back to […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/ed-white-first-american-walker/feed/ 1 Ingenuity: The helicopter that flew on Mars https://aviospace.org/ingenuity-the-helicopter-that-flew-on-mars/ https://aviospace.org/ingenuity-the-helicopter-that-flew-on-mars/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:41:04 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=8975 Ingenuity, a tiny helicopter with a mass of 1.8 kg (about 4 lbs) — weighing just 680 grams under Mars’s lighter gravity — made it to the surface of Mars, not only survived the frigidness of -85 degrees and the violent dust on the Martian surface, it fared surprisingly well on the planet that is […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/ingenuity-the-helicopter-that-flew-on-mars/feed/ 0 In Pictures: Aircraft Used In The North American X-15 Hypersonic Program https://aviospace.org/north-american-x-15-hypersonic-aircraft-in-pictures/ https://aviospace.org/north-american-x-15-hypersonic-aircraft-in-pictures/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:44:16 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=6583 The X-15 was the first aircraft to cross the boundaries of outer space. It was also the first airplane to reach hypersonic speed. Neil A. Armstrong, a NASA pilot and the first person to moon, has been documented at the contracted flight test program.  A modified B-52 Strat fortress, a massive bomber, was used as […]

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