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X-15 flight 90 accidentally pushed a pilot past the edge of space

The North American X-15 was built to flirt with the edge of space, not to cross it by accident. Yet on a research mission labeled Flight 90, a routine test profile slipped just far enough out of ...
Albuquerque Journal

Learn more about the new exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Space History

The New Mexico Museum of Space History soars from the past to the present of radio-controlled flight with its newest exhibit. “Skywired: The Story of Radio-Controlled Flight” opens on Saturday, July ...
GeekWire

Blue Origin breaks the accessibility barrier by sending the first wheelchair user to space

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space. “It was the coolest experience,” said Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Blue Origin Completes First Space Flight With Wheelchair User

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers. The flight took off at ...
insider.si.edu

The history of the American space shuttle Dennis R. Jenkins

"The flight campaign for the American space shuttle began on April 12, 1981, with the launch of STS-1 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and ended on July 21, 2011, with wheels stop of STS-135.