***** “Can see the water coming right on up.” As viewed by the periscope, the water appears to rise rise as… Read more Sixty years ago: America’s second suborbital Mercury flight
John Glenn born 100 years ago
Today, July 18, 2021, would have been John Glenn’s 100th birthday. **** Fireflies Under a hill that appears as the… Read more John Glenn born 100 years ago
50 years ago: The Soyuz 11 tragedy
*** Everything is going according to plan, I assure you. The hatch between the reentry module and orbital module of the… Read more 50 years ago: The Soyuz 11 tragedy
50 years ago: A new endurance record
For more than two weeks the peoples of the Soviet Union had thrilled to the flight, launched June 6, of Soyuz… Read more 50 years ago: A new endurance record
60 Years ago: The first American
* * Some say it looks crude, small, and simple, yet the Mercury capsule embodied an engineering beauty. Everything needed to… Read more 60 Years ago: The first American
Mike Collins (1930 – 2021)
* * (Much of this poem was adapted from the words of Michael Collins in his books, “Carrying the Fire”… Read more Mike Collins (1930 – 2021)
40 years ago: Columbia lands
* * Landing day, April 14, 1981. We wake a half hour early and begin our day even before Mission Control… Read more 40 years ago: Columbia lands
April 12 belongs to Yuri Gagarin . . . And Columbia
* * Ready for a leap into the unknown? We’re up again at about 2:25 a.m. It’s April 12, 1981. We, the two… Read more April 12 belongs to Yuri Gagarin . . . And Columbia
40 Years ago: The computer “Time Skew”
* * Finally, launch day; April 10, 1981. Launch day, after a year of delays. Two years, depending on how you… Read more 40 Years ago: The computer “Time Skew”
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
tlitiptree 