Fifty years ago this morning, December 21 . . .   It begins as the faint gurgle and hydraulic hum,… Read more TLI: First launch to the moon

Fifty years ago today, December 15, precisely at 7 p.m. EST, NASA began bringing Saturn V #503 to life, the… Read more Fifty years ago: The countdown begins

Fifty years ago today   On Apollo 7’s 263th revolution of the earth, over Hawaii, fifty years ago today, October… Read more Opening the road to the moon

First TV from an American spaceflight Fifty years ago today, October 14, on the 45th orbit of Apollo 7, as… Read more Lights, camera, action!

Betty Grissom with the “other six” Mercury astronauts It’s as if the last of Mercury astronauts died.  Betty Grissom, 91,… Read more The last Mercury astronaut dies

  Today marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 7, the first to carry astronauts, for an eleven-day… Read more Apollo launched 50 years ago

Fifty years ago             Dawn always appears as the primeval hour, one suitable for giants and dinosaurs.  And never more… Read more Rollout!