St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: October 11, 2021

St. Louis MO

11 October, 2021

10:31 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: October 11, 2021 Today in 1958, NASA launched their first spacecraft, Pioneer 1. Exactly one decade later on this date in 1968, NASA successfully launched the first crewed flight of the Apollo program, Apollo 7. Apollo 7 was the first time a three person American crew launched, and the first live television broadcast from space. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.