Tag Archives: NASA

January 31, 1971

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 31, 1971, Apollo 14 lifted off on its 239,000 mile journey to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the moon. Before lift-off, Astronaut Stuart Roosa received a secret message from Ham the Chimp, who was the first non-human primate in space.  It was a half-eaten banana with the words “You’re next” written on the … Continue reading →

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January 21, 1960

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 21, 1960, the Little Joe 1B was launched from Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe 1B was a launch escape system (LES) test of the Mercury spacecraft. The only passenger was a female rhesus monkey named Miss Sam. The capsule flew to a height of 9.3 miles and a range of 11.7 miles … Continue reading →

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April 22, 1970

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1970, the first Earth Day was held in the United States and organized by US Senator Gaylord Nelson. It was established as a day to learn about and how to preserve and protect the Earth from overuse and pollution. It has been held on April 22 ever since. Also, … Continue reading →

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February 6, 1971

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1971 NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at two golf balls on the surface of the moon. He shanked the first one and asked for a mulligan. Fellow Astronauts Roosa and Mitchell both insisted that he had to … Continue reading →

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July 21, 1969

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1969, Buzz Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the moon, and the first to urinate. Why? He was a man. It’s what we do.

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December 11, 1998

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1998 – The ‘Mars Climate Orbiter’ blasted off on a nine-month journey to the Red Planet. However, the probe disappeared in September of 1999, and was apparently destroyed because the scientists in charge of plotting it course had failed to convert English measures to metric values. This is one … Continue reading →

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October 30, 1993

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1993, America’s first veterinarian in space, Martin Fettman, performed the first dissection of an animal in space while aboard the space shuttle Columbia. The lab-rat, Caesar, was one of the 48 rodents that were brought along for the ride, and Dr. Fettman picked him out for the first dissection … Continue reading →

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November 29, 1961

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1961, the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft was launched by NASA with Enos ‘Chim-Chim’ the Chimp on board. The craft orbited the earth twice before safely landing in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Puerto Rico. Immediately afterwards, Chim-Chim was interviewed by Primate Monthly and asked how if felt to … Continue reading →

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July 22, 1962

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DAY IN HISTORY in 1962, NASA officially announced that the Mariner 1 spacecraft flew erratically several minutes after launch and had to be destroyed. Unofficially, Simon Beauchamp, one of the systems analysts that was on duty was later heard to be mumbling at one of the local bars outside Cape Canaveral that Mariner … Continue reading →

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