Today, 49 years ago the NASA Pioneer 11 spacecraft launches to Jupiter and Saturn

Russians’ Flight Suits Weren’t a Political Statement, NASA Astronaut Says

50 years ago, Alan Shepard shanked the first golf shot on the Moon into a crater, but estimated his second traveled about 600 feet (recent research suggests it was closer to 120 feet). Meanwhile, a regular swing (on Earth) by an average PGA Tour pro would send a lunar tee shot about 4,170 feet.

Scientists connect the dots between Galilean moon, auroral emissions on Jupiter