Fifty years ago today, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. That was some heroic stuff in the early part of a decade that began with so much optimism.
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Fifty years ago today, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.

That was some heroic stuff in the early part of a decade that began with so much optimism.

Source: TIME

This Blue Marble 2012 image of the United States is what NASA is calling the “most amazing, highest resolution image of Earth ever.” It can be downloaded at a resolution as large as 8000x8000 pixels at NASA’s Flickr photostream.
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This Blue Marble 2012 image of the United States is what NASA is calling the “most amazing, highest resolution image of Earth ever.”

It can be downloaded at a resolution as large as 8000x8000 pixels at NASA’s Flickr photostream.

Source: Gizmodo

Forty-two years ago today — on July 20, 1969 — Apollo 11 landed U.S. men on the moon. I own this awesome TIME magazine from that week.
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Forty-two years ago today — on July 20, 1969 — Apollo 11 landed U.S. men on the moon. I own this awesome TIME magazine from that week.