VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA – November 28, 2025 – Proteus Space announced the successful launch and first contact of MERCURY ONE, its inaugural four-payload ESPA class spacecraft.

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors ...

Local Antiques Roadshow fans are in for a treat starting next Monday. Last spring, PBS’s venerable antiques-appraisal series filmed part of its 24th season in San Antonio at the McNay Art Museum.

Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions were powered by equal parts of competition, innovation, and a strong dose of ...