*** Charlie, it was going so well, right on the timeline. We’re coming up on two-and-a-half hours into our first… Read more Apollo 16’s first moonwalk: “Something’s happened here.”
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Apollo 16: The wave off
*** Coming around the edge of the moon at the start of our 13th revolution, We’re John Young and Charlie… Read more Apollo 16: The wave off
50 years ago: Apollo 16 lifts off for the highlands
*** Hey, Charlie, T. K., get up, time to shine — 7:49 a.m. It’s April 16, 1972, and today we’re… Read more 50 years ago: Apollo 16 lifts off for the highlands
50 years ago: A lull in space exploration?
*** In the first months of the third year of the 1970s, eleven years since the flight of Yuri Gagarin,… Read more 50 years ago: A lull in space exploration?
STS-3 landing: The ‘wheelie’
*** OK, this time it’s for real — for you and me, and STS-3. We are Jack Lousma in the… Read more STS-3 landing: The ‘wheelie’
Forty years ago, STS-3: The wave off
*** Welcome aboard STS-3, the Shuttle’s third flight and first of 1982. We’re working through a blur of days aboard… Read more Forty years ago, STS-3: The wave off
70 years ago: The magazine issue that struck America’s imagination
*** This is it: The first of a series of issues of Collier’s magazine that sparked a public interest in… Read more 70 years ago: The magazine issue that struck America’s imagination
Forty years ago: The third Shuttle launch
*** Now this is a pleasant way to start our launch day — March 22, 1982 — we sleep in… Read more Forty years ago: The third Shuttle launch
60 Years ago: Deke Slayton & Delta 7
* * “Delta 7, Delta 7, Canary Capcom. Deke, what is your status?” “Stand by one.” You are… Read more 60 Years ago: Deke Slayton & Delta 7
60 years ago: ‘A real fireball’
**** The long wait. It’d started at the end of 1961, extended past the January 27 scrub, and now extended… Read more 60 years ago: ‘A real fireball’
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