A lot has been happening at NASA: Yesterday (Saturday March 28), STS-119 landed safely in Florida and Expedition 19 docked with the International Space Station.
Meanwhile here on Earth, we’ve continued to add more videos to our archives.
President Obama Calls the Space Station Credit: NASA
Mission Specialists Steve Swanson (right) and Richard Arnold in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuits Credit: NASA
41 Years Ago This Week
Apollo 6 launched on April 4, 1968. Apollo 6 was the Apollo program’s second and final unmanned qualification test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle before its first manned flight. The first manned flight using the Saturn V was Apollo 8 because Apollo 7 (the first Apollo manned mission) used the smaller Saturn IB rocket. Apollo 6 received little press coverage because it launched the day Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and Killed.
Apollo 6 Launch Credit: NASA
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