* * It’s time. Time for the Atlas booster to prove itself — or Project Mercury will fall into a… Read more 60 years ago: Project Mercury tries for orbit
Apollo 15: The collapsed parachute
***** It can happen in the first minute or, just when you think you’ve got it made, in the last… Read more Apollo 15: The collapsed parachute
60 years ago: The day-long flight of Vostok 2 and Cosmonaut G. Titov
***** On the evening of August 5, 1961, President John F. Kennedy is informed of evidence that the Soviets have… Read more 60 years ago: The day-long flight of Vostok 2 and Cosmonaut G. Titov
Aug. 5, 1971: Apollo 15 makes the first walk in deep space.
**** On the morning of August 5, 1971, we, Apollo 15, are headed home. It’s 14 hrs. since we left lunar… Read more Aug. 5, 1971: Apollo 15 makes the first walk in deep space.
Aug. 2, 1971: Apollo 15 takes one last ride
*** As soon as we’re awake, 1:37 a.m. EDT, we get the word we’ve dreaded. Delays in yesterday’s second moonwalk totaling… Read more Aug. 2, 1971: Apollo 15 takes one last ride
Aug. 1, 1971: Roving the mountain front
**** What is it about our flight and water? We had the water leak in the Command Module during our transit… Read more Aug. 1, 1971: Roving the mountain front
July 31: Apollo 15 takes the first ride on the moon
**** With our spacesuits off and hammocks strung crisscross in the Falcon’s cabin, what a good night sleep we have… Read more July 31: Apollo 15 takes the first ride on the moon
July 30, 1971: Apollo 15 lands in the mountains of the moon
**** 1. Floating through the mountains “Take care of home, Al. We’ll be back in three days.” It’s time to go exploring. We… Read more July 30, 1971: Apollo 15 lands in the mountains of the moon
July 29: Apollo 15 enters orbit
****** Are you ready? Are you ready, my friend, for the moon? We’re almost there — let’s kick the door open on… Read more July 29: Apollo 15 enters orbit
50 years ago: Launch of Apollo 15, the first great expedition to the moon
**** Dawn, July 26, 1971: Look at it out there, Saturn V #510. Our Saturn V. Looks just like the nine that have… Read more 50 years ago: Launch of Apollo 15, the first great expedition to the moon
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