On April 10, 1982, India launched its first multipurpose satellite, INSAT-1. This satellite was used for both communications and weather forecasting.

(CNN) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast.

The movie myth perpetuated by classics like "Total Recall" (1990) and "Mission To Mars" (2000) is that exposure to the vacuum ...