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  • Shuttle Heat Shield Work This Weekend
  • APU Testing for Discovery
  • Discovery Preps Ongoing, Crew Practice Spacewalking
  • Technicians Prepare for Crew Module Leak Checks
  • Main Engine Heat Shields Installation Today
  • Discovery Preps Continue Through the Weekend
  • Techs Work on Discovery's OMS Pod
  • Discovery Passing Processing System Tests
  • Discovery's Computer Network Undergoes Checks
  • Workers Focus on OMS pod, thrusters

Today In Space History: Goddard’s Liquid Launch

Today also marks 80 years since the first launch of a liquid-fueled rocket. Robert Goddard tested the small rocket, which reached a height of... 41 feet. Goddard is considered "the father of American rocketry".

Today in Space History: Gemini 8 40th Anniversary

Today marks 40 years since the launch of Gemini 8. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott flew their 2-man spacecraft to dock with an Agena target vehicle, but a stuck thruster caused their ship to spin out of control. Coolness under pressure got the crew out of this jam, but they had to cut the flight short, splashing down only 10 hours later, on 17 March 1966.