Wally Schirra: “For the third time, go!” * I’ve been thinking of Project Gemini this week, the 60th anniversary… Read more Gemini: a gem of a spacecraft
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A farewell to the Shuttle program, Part 5
***** Part 5: Farewell Shuttle; hello moon I was back in the USA long before the Shuttle flew again, living… Read more A farewell to the Shuttle program, Part 5
John Noble Wilford, 1933 – 2025
John Noble Wilford, Jr., age 92, born in Murray, Kentucky on October 4, 1933 — 24 years to the day… Read more John Noble Wilford, 1933 – 2025
A farewell to the Shuttle program, Part 4
The cover of Countdown‘s return-to-flight issue, October 1988 ***** Part 4: Is the dream alive? As the months passed after… Read more A farewell to the Shuttle program, Part 4
A farewell to the Shuttle program, Part 2
The cover of the first issue of Countdown, July 1983 ***** Part 2: Live from the press site I was… Read more A farewell to the Shuttle program, Part 2
A farewell to the Shuttle program, Part 1
July 15, 1975: The final Saturn launch. My daily journal, still going, starts here. ****** Part 1: From Apollo, the… Read more A farewell to the Shuttle program, Part 1
What’s old is new again: voices from Gemini 5
Sixty years ago: An artist’s rendering of the Radar Evaluation Pod floating in front of the nose of Gemini 5.… Read more What’s old is new again: voices from Gemini 5
James A. Lovell, Jr.: March 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025
One if these is the real Jim Lovell. ***** When I saw his name appear on the screen, before I… Read more James A. Lovell, Jr.: March 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025
Forty years ago: 16th Shuttle flight caught in a crosswind
April 19, 1985: Brakes lock and a tire blows as Discovery ends its landing at the Kennedy Space Center. *****… Read more Forty years ago: 16th Shuttle flight caught in a crosswind
Forty years ago: the Shuttle takes a swat at a satellite
April 17, 1985: Under the control of Rhea Seddon, Discovery’s robot arm with its make-shift “flyswatter” extensions inches toward the… Read more Forty years ago: the Shuttle takes a swat at a satellite
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