A July 2025 “This month in aviation history”: Quiet Supersonic Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: Space.com and NASA When I was a kid growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, the North American “X-15” was the “plane du jour” for kids dreaming of becoming pilots…or better yet, astronauts. Pilots of the X-15 earned their astronaut…
The First Spacewalk by a Woman Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: www.space.com, TASS/Getty Images On this day in space! July 25, 1984: First spacewalk by a woman Downloaded July 25, 2025 from: https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html?utm_term=80CFE072-3D22-4ED3-B366-38D5778C5AB2&lrh=979456b06da101021af8477d820fe42a8b8fac61060c8f48a99307e6facca454&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87EBF5C8-7B28-4810-B182-4DF63BCF324E&utm_source=SmartBrief By Hanneke Weitering On July 25, 1984, the Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to embark on a spacewalk, also…