When Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human into space on April 12, 1961, the American space program rose to the occasion, and less than a month later, astronaut Alan Shepard became the ...

A collection of the NASA mission reports from John Glenn's first flight, covering subjects such as the flight plan, physiological responses of the astronaut, the pilot's flight report, and several ...

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the ...