Apollo 11 at 55: July 20 — the landing

***** More abstract art from the Flight Plan. REV 10 94:00 eat period …….95:00 CDR & LMP don LCG’s … Read more Apollo 11 at 55: July 20 — the landing

Apollo 11 at 55: Entering lunar orbit

*** It was LOI Day, July 19, 1969, Lunar Orbit Insertion Day when Apollo 11 entered lunar orbit, one day… Read more Apollo 11 at 55: Entering lunar orbit

***** ABSTRACT ART: The Apollo 11 Flight Plan * Launch and Earth Parking Orbit ………..Nominal launch time is 9:32 EDT… Read more Apollo 11 at 55: Launch, July 16, 1969

June 26, 1984: Steam clouds clear after Discovery’s first launch is aborted. ***** High-speed turbo-pumps whir and wrack seconds from… Read more Forty years ago: “We have a cutoff!”

Bill Anders, who died a pilot’s death. ***** First and foremost, he was a Lunar Module Pilot, slotted to fly… Read more Apollo 8’s Bill Anders, 1933 – 2024

May 22, 1969: The upper stage of Snoopy with Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan returns to the command ship, Charlie… Read more 55 years ago: Apollo 10 makes vital flight

April 13, 1984: This isn’t Florida! Challenger’s landing, diverted to Edwards Air Force Base, kicks up California dust on the… Read more Forty years ago: A last minute switch in Mission 11’s landing

April 11, 1984: Ox von Hoften, left, and Pinky Nelson, on the end of the robot arm, work on the… Read more Forty years ago: Reviving Solar Max

April 10, 1984: The Solar Max satellite sits berthed in Challenger’s payload bay, the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm moving… Read more Forty Years ago: Eleventh Shuttle mission snares a satellite

April 8, 1984: George “Pinky” Nelson, flying the Manned Maneuvering Unit (bottom right), closes in for a try to dock… Read more Forty Years ago: Shuttle tries to snag a wobbly satellite