PIN News, November 12, 2015: A recreational drone barely missed striking the International Space Station yesterday. “We were over the… Read more Drone buzzes space station
A promise unkept
Remembering the Saturn V on its anniversary * Today marks the 48th anniversary of the first launch of the Saturn… Read more A promise unkept
Time Change
Official announcement from the Federal Bureau of Time Management: For “Throwback Thursday” tomorrow, the entire nation will go back… Read more Time Change
The needle and the damage (not) done.
Essays: Lately I’ve been rummaging through musty boxes in the basement and dusty in the back of the garage,… Read more The needle and the damage (not) done.
About
About 60 years old About 5 ft. 8 in. (and shrinking) About space: Former space journalist (back when I was… Read more About
A nickel’s worth of poems
Poetry Spontaneous combustion Wish I could again write like that effortlessly unleash a torrent of costly associations, stream the sampled… Read more A nickel’s worth of poems
‘No Joy’
Space: Gemini 6 Oct. 25, 1965 Rendezvous, the key to the moon, to our future in space. Rendezvous,… Read more ‘No Joy’
Back to the past
Essays: Wednesday, October 21, 2015… I hadn’t seen the movie in years, had completely forgotten the year they… Read more Back to the past
50th anniversary — Eight Days or Bust!
Space: Gemini 5. Aug. 21-29, 1965 Endure. For the first time, a shot to beat the Russians. Capture… Read more 50th anniversary — Eight Days or Bust!
A day of lasts
Space: At 3 p.m. today, July 15, 2015, NASA will release the first close-up photos of Pluto following yesterdays… Read more A day of lasts
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