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On Oct. 22, 1992, the space shuttle Columbia launched into space with the ashes of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek.” During mission STS-52, NASA astronaut and shuttle commander James Wetherbee brought a small container with a portion of Roddenberry’s ashes into space with him per the request of Roddenberry’s widow, Majel Barrett. It […]

On Oct. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. This was the last mission in the Zond program. After the first three Zond missions explored Venus and Mars, the next ones were circumlunar missions that flew around the moon before returning to Earth. Although there was

On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It lifted off aboard a Titan 4B rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It took almost seven years for Cassini to reach Saturn, with the spacecraft entering orbit around the ringed planet in 2004.

On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. Yeager made his historic flight in a Bell X-1 rocket plane that he named “Glamorous Glennis” after his

On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the “Whirlpool Galaxy,” also known as Messier 51, or M51. Charles Messier was scanning the sky for objects that could confuse comet hunters when he catalogued the galaxy as M51. However, Messier wasn’t able to see the spiral structure, and he didn’t identify it

On Oct. 7, 2002, the space shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-112. This mission brought the Starboard 1 (S1) truss segment to the International Space Station. The S1 truss is part of the backbone of the space station, and it provides structural support for the thermal control system. During the launch,

The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) and Mura Space have entered into an exclusive partnership aimed at commercialising the South African Sounding Rocket Launch Facility at the Overberg Test Range in Arniston, Western Cape. Additionally, the partnership will enable authorised suborbital test launches utilising both fixed and mobile infrastructure, in full compliance

On Aug. 6, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully touched down on the Martian surface. But while other rovers used airbags to cushion the last part of the fall, Curiosity’s rocket-propelled sky crane hovered over the ground and gently lowered it with cables. The landing occurred on Aug. 6 Eastern time, but it was still Aug.

On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Next Stop, Jupiter Launch Photos of NASA’s Juno Mission The robotic spacecraft lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and spent the next five years making

Starlink’s high-speed internet has officially gone live in Somalia, marking the company’s entry into its 25th African market. The National Communications Authority NCA approved Starlink’s operational licence in April 2025, paving the way for its launch. Government officials have welcomed the development as a key step towards narrowing the country’s digital divide, as it aligns