50th anniversary — a rendezvous in space

Gemini 7/6 December 4 – 18, 1965 * December. The first Christmas mission. Gemini 7 going first, launched under a… Read more 50th anniversary — a rendezvous in space

A promise unkept

Remembering the Saturn V on its anniversary * Today marks the 48th anniversary of the first launch of the Saturn… Read more A promise unkept

Space: Gemini 6 Oct. 25, 1965 Rendezvous, the key to the moon, to our future in space. Rendezvous,… Read more ‘No Joy’

Essays: Wednesday, October 21, 2015… I hadn’t seen the movie in years, had completely forgotten the year they… Read more Back to the past

Space: Gemini 5. Aug. 21-29, 1965 Endure. For the first time, a shot to beat the Russians. Capture… Read more 50th anniversary — Eight Days or Bust!

Space: At 3 p.m. today, July 15, 2015, NASA will release the first close-up photos of Pluto following yesterdays… Read more A day of lasts

Space: Fifty years ago today, June 3 — GT-4 Accelerate the program, a flight every eight-to-ten weeks. Through… Read more 50 years ago: A walk in space

Space: A gulf of twenty months passing since the flight of Gordo Cooper in Faith 7. A different… Read more Fifty years ago today, March 23: Gemini 3