Mary Cleave, Feb 5, 1947 – Nov. 27, 2023 ***** On January 2, 1990, Mary Cleave gained that rare thing,… Read more Mary Cleave: A flight not taken

December 8, 1983: As onboard computers fail, Columbia touches down five orbits late. ***** We’re ready to come home.  It’s… Read more Forty years ago: STS-9 — stuck in orbit?

The Spacelab laboratory module flies aboard Columbia on STS-9, launched Nov. 28, 1983. ***** Think the Shuttle is operational after… Read more Forty years ago: Spacelab flies for first time

****** This is us, the final crew to the Skylab space station, the first all rookie crew since Gemini in… Read more 50 years ago: Skylab 4 begins comet chase

***** You know Frank Borman.  You know him as the commander of Apollo 8, the first flight to orbit the… Read more Frank Borman, 1928 – 2023

The original Apollo 13 crew: Ken Mattingly at center, flanked by Jim Lovell (L) and Fred Haise. ****** He was… Read more T.K. “Ken” Mattingly, 1936 – 2023

Apollo 7’s S-IVB upper stage, after launch used as a rendezvous target. On a lunar mission the Lunar module will… Read more 55 years ago: The push to the moon begins with Apollo 7

September 25, 1973: The Skylab 3 Command Module is hoisted aboard the USS New Orleans after a record flight 59… Read more 50 years ago: Skylab 3 ends pace-setting flight

Sept 5, 1983: Challenger approaches Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, completing the first night landing of the… Read more Forty years ago: The STS-8 ‘Night Flight’ lands

Aug. 30, 1983: Challenger provides a false dawn as it makes the first night launch of the Shuttle program. *****… Read more Forty years ago: STS-8 creates ‘rocket dawn’