An 18-year-old is about to become the youngest person in space, rocketing away with an aviation pioneer who will become the oldest at age 82. Blue Origin announced Thursday that instead of an auction ...
29-year-old Ph.D. student heads into space in April SEOUL, South Korea, March 10, 2008 — -- South Korea announced today it is replacing the man tapped to be the country's first person in space ...
On Nov. 29, 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited Earth twice before returning. Enos became the first chimpanzee to orbit the Earth ...