October Sky The movie "October Sky" is set in the 1950's in the dieing cola mining town of Coalwood, during the beginning of the space race. The town is experiencing big economic changes during a time of nation wide turmoil. The space race inspires a boy named Homer Hickam to purs...

As the 1980's approached, the launch of a space shuttle was almost as routine as a trip on an airliner. Space travel had been successful on 24 missions. Most people thought the danger of space travel was nearly eliminated. On January 28, 1986, they were proven wrong. The orbital Challenger wa...

Major Creditors to the History of Rocketry Tsiolkovsky – Konstantin Eduardovitch Tsiolkovsky was born in September, 1857 in the town of Izhevskoye, Spassk District, Ryazan Gubernia. On the merits of some of his early research and related writings, Tsiolkovsky was elected to the ...