A pivotal moment in American and Brevard County history unfolded as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law.

Today in the history of astronomy, President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act.

On July 27, 1962, two Russian cosmonauts boarded a Soviet airliner and experienced weightlessness without going to space.

Both Florida and California are prime states for the United States to do space launches, but why these locales? Where do other nations use instead?