Space & Aviation
Today in history... Nixon sets the Space Shuttle program in motion
January 5, 1972 saw the President's last contribution to space exploration before scandals broke
Today in history... Galileo is the first to see Neptune
December 28, 1612: he spots the eighth planet from our Sun... and mistakes it for a star
Today in history... Man's first broadcast from space
December 24, 1968: Apollo 8 transmits the first space footage to stunned TV viewers back home
Today in history... The launch of Soyuz 13
December 18, 1973: after the failure of two space stations, Russia tries its first space science mission
