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Two days until launch and . . .

Posted on July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 by etiptree

Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins (L to R) answer to the press and public, as they will the rest of their… Read more Two days until launch and . . .

50 years ago: Luna races the moon

Posted on July 13, 2019July 13, 2019 by etiptree

The front page of the Cleveland Plain Dealer the next day.   July 13, 1969 — Luna 15 leaves earth… Read more 50 years ago: Luna races the moon

50 years ago: Let the countdown begin

Posted on July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 by etiptree

Let the countdown commence, — commence as in commencement — the human race about to graduate from Planet Earth, so… Read more 50 years ago: Let the countdown begin

50 years ago: The flight plan is set

Posted on July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 by etiptree

  Imagine it not as a sure thing, this first shot at the moon, a myriad of tasks still coming… Read more 50 years ago: The flight plan is set

Stable One

Posted on May 26, 2019 by etiptree

Apollo 10 approaches splashdown, 50 years ago today.  It landed upright, a position called Stable One.  The Apollo capsules could… Read more Stable One

50 years ago: The wild gyration

Posted on May 22, 2019 by etiptree

Fifty years ago today, May 22, 1969: Snoopy swings low over the moon     Go/no go? This is the… Read more 50 years ago: The wild gyration

50 years ago today: “Ten is go”

Posted on May 18, 2019 by etiptree

The launch of Apollo 10 on May 18, 1969   Synch your straps tight, perform status checks. We’re going to… Read more 50 years ago today: “Ten is go”

An Apollo 10 story not fit to print

Posted on May 15, 2019 by etiptree

The Apollo 10 Lunar Module, Snoopy. The real story why it didn’t land. It certainly made a good story, but… Read more An Apollo 10 story not fit to print

Geraldyn Cobb, 1931-2019

Posted on April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 by etiptree

If she’d been a man. Maybe if she’d been born a generation later.  Certainly if she’d been measured by her… Read more Geraldyn Cobb, 1931-2019

Owen K. Garriott, 1930-2019

Posted on April 17, 2019 by etiptree

  He numbered among the space pioneers, chosen in 1965 with the first five scientist astronauts whom no one at… Read more Owen K. Garriott, 1930-2019

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