In an effort to oust the Soviets in the space race, NASA’s Mariner I spacecraft was prepared to make history as the first spacecraft to complete a flyby survey of Venus. Then, on July 22, 1962, the ...
NEW YORK — SpaceX’s latest attempt to land a rocket upright on a platform in the Pacific Ocean failed in a spectacular fashion on Sunday. The unmanned mission, powered by a SpaceX rocket, accomplished ...