NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made ...

On February 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful ...

From the first picture proving that Earth was indeed spherical, to the first color image clicked from the lunar surface, ...

Credit: NASA / JPL The Ranger 8 impact crater, shown by the blue circle, photographed by Lunar Orbiter 2 in 1966. Credit: NASA / JPL One more Ranger mission followed, Ranger 9, in March 1965.