40 years ago: Columbia lands

* * Landing day, April 14, 1981. We wake a half hour early and begin our day even before Mission Control… Read more 40 years ago: Columbia lands

April 12 belongs to Yuri Gagarin . . . And Columbia

* * Ready for a leap into the unknown? We’re up again at about 2:25 a.m. It’s April 12, 1981. We, the two… Read more April 12 belongs to Yuri Gagarin . . . And Columbia

* * Finally, launch day; April 10, 1981. Launch day, after a year of delays. Two years, depending on how you… Read more 40 Years ago: The computer “Time Skew”

*** It’s March 24, 1961. And a Mercury-Redstone is being counted down at Cape Canaveral’s Pad 5. It’s March 24, 1961,… Read more 60 years ago: What might have been

* After a three-day voyage home, our Apollo 14 mission, the third landing on the moon, makes a bullseye splashdown… Read more 50 years ago: The last “H” mission ends

* With a call to Houston two hours before our scheduled wake-up time, we begin our second — and final… Read more 50 years ago: Apollo 14 — Lost on Cone Crater

* It’s February 5, 1971 — and it’s going to be a long one for us, the crew of Apollo… Read more 50 years ago: Apollo 14 lands on the moon

It’s January 31, 1961, exactly three years since the United States launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, just 6 ft.… Read more 60 Years ago: A wild ride aboard MR -2

There’s an old truth in aviation and space circles: If someone dies in an accident, the delay afterwards is much longer… Read more 50 Years ago: Returning to the moon

* Better late than never. It’s December 29, 1980. Although it seemed forever since March 1979 when the first true Space… Read more 40 years ago: Time to dream again