Today in history- Aug 30, 1983- Guion “Guy” Bluford became the first African America to travel to space , 22 years after the first American traveled to space. This twenty plus year’s gap makes his accomplishment an important milestone in African American history. Born November 22,1942 with a mother for a teacher and an engineer [...]

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Today in History – August 28, 1883 – John J. Montgomery makes first controlled “heavier than air” glider flight at Wheeler Hill, California. He sails a distance of 603 feet at an altitude of about fifteen feet. He continued to perfect the design by making and testing modifications. In 1894, he published a summary of [...]

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Today in History – August 23, 1977 – Gossamer Condor achieves first human powered flight around a figure eight. This team effort, under the leadership of Paul B. MacCready, Jr., won the $50,000 Kremer Prize and captured the world’s attention. Bryan Allen maintained a head-height during the 7 1/2 minute figure eight flight. British millionaire [...]

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Today in History – August 8, 2007 – Astronaut Barbara Morgan, an elementary school teacher from Idaho, was the first teacher to have a successful voyage in space. Morgan’s flight was on the STS-118 (August 8-21, 2007), the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, and the 20th flight for Endeavour. The [...]

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Today in History – July 31, 2008 – To date, QinetiQ breaks unofficial world record for unpersoned flight over three and a half days US Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The record is “unofficial” as QinetiQ conducted the research under a military contract to perform a military utility assessment of a US Government communications [...]

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