Twenty years ago, Feb. 1, 2003: Engineers at Kirkland Air Force Base, New Mexico, capture this image of Columbia returning… Read more A tale of two Shuttles (final part)

Challenger’s engines ignite for a Flight Readiness Firing test. The second FRF took place on Jan. 25, 1983. Twenty years… Read more A tale of two Shuttles (part two)

Walt Cunningham observes the Earth during Apollo 7, Oct. 11-22, 1968 ***** Who remembers Apollo 7, quickly overshadowed by Apollo… Read more Apollo 7’s Walt Cunningham (1932-2023)

Apollo 17: Rambling through a boulder field. ***** Apollo is over.  You and I have flown every mission since the… Read more Apollo revisited: a personal note

Dec. 19, 1972: Apollo 17 descends on its three main parachutes during the final seconds of the Apollo program. *****… Read more Fifty years ago: Splashdown ends the age of Apollo

Dec. 17, 1972: Ron Evans, carrying a film cassette, works his way along handrails on the exterior of Apollo 17’s… Read more Fifty years ago: One last spacewalk in deep space

Dec. 16, 1972: The moon as Apollo 17 pulls away. A slice of the backside is visible on the right.… Read more Fifty years ago: Farewell — Apollo 17 leaves lunar orbit

Dec. 14, 1972: The Lunar Module Challenger at the moment of ignition and liftoff, ending Apollo’s last exploration of the… Read more Fifty years ago: Apollo’s last lunar liftoff