Kennedy re-enforced the reasons behind the U.S. efforts to reach the moon. "With the approval of this Congress, we have undertaken in the past year a great new effort in outer space,” Kennedy said.

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

On this date in 1962, President Kennedy outlines reason to shoot for the moon in his State of the Union address ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...