Fifty years ago… We’re flying over Houston, standing in the open hatch, floating above our seat two days after launch. … Read more Gemini 11: Asleep in space
Back in the poesis again
The relationship between f-stop and depth of field All this anger swirling up from the planet, an… Read more Back in the poesis again
50 years ago: Gemini 10
Gemini 10, John Young and Mike Collins, a standard three-day Gemini mission. Of course none of them are standard… Read more 50 years ago: Gemini 10
50 years ago: The fog of spaceflight
Gemini 9 Exhausting. From the start. And now this. So much to do on short 72-hour Gemini missions. On… Read more 50 years ago: The fog of spaceflight
50 years ago today: Into the drink
Gemini 9 We’re button in our Gemini capsule, aiming 11:41 EDT launch. Two countdowns are underway at once. Over… Read more 50 years ago today: Into the drink
From the cloud
The Moon as … map of the Earth The moon as iris in a milky… Read more From the cloud
Springing back into verse
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted poetry. So here are three to swing into Spring. …Even if none of… Read more Springing back into verse
50 years ago today: Gemini 8
A wild ride in space * * March 16, 1966. We’re set to inaugurate the second half of Project… Read more 50 years ago today: Gemini 8
Time change (again)
It’s here already. Time to change the clocks. This time, we lose an hour. In a blink, gone. Leaving us… Read more Time change (again)
A parable
When the Spanish explorer Francisco Cervelli discovered the Paredes Islands, he found that the natives “are not savages, but actually… Read more A parable
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