Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time on this day in 1986. “Armstrong described the lunar surface as ‘beautiful.’ I thought to myself, ‘It’s not really ...
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – On January 19, 1965, NASA’s Gemini II spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy (now Kennedy Space Center) in Florida. This suborbital flight marked the final test before the ...
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Personal Birth date: January 20, 1930 Birth place: Montclair, New Jersey Birth name: Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. Father: Edwin ...