60 years ago: What might have been

*** 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

50 years ago: The last “H” mission ends

* 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

We’re at the Cape, December 19, 1960, for the first of the real Mercury missions. In an unmanned test, a Redstone… Read more 60 years ago today: Mercury rising

* * Ignition! Fifty years ago today, September 30, the five F-1 engines of the final Saturn V built, SA-515, roared… Read more 50 years ago: Thundering (briefly) to life

* * Gone. After a summer of rumors, proposals, alternate plans. Gone. After another round of budget cuts. Gone. The final two Apollo… Read more 50 years ago: Destination Museum not Moon

*** With Annie Glenn’s death this May of Covid-19, Rene Carpenter was the last of the Mercury –don’t call them… Read more Rene Carpenter, 1928-2020