Events in History August |
| Date | Story or event |
| 5th August, 1930 | Birthday of Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 astronaut and first man on the Moon |
| 6th August, 1961 | Russian cosmonaut spends day in space |
| 10th August, 1990 | Magellan starts mapping venus |
| 21st August, 1965 | Launch of Gemini V spacecraft |
| 25th August, 1989 | Voyager II reaches Neptune |
| 29th August, 1965 | Gemini V returns to earth |
| 30th August, 2004 | Astronomer Fred whipple died |