**** Can you feel it? — today, November 12, 1981, is the day. It feels real. We’re going to make… Read more Forty years ago: Twice upon a time
Tag: Space
60 years ago: Project Mercury tries for orbit
* * It’s time. Time for the Atlas booster to prove itself — or Project Mercury will fall into a… Read more 60 years ago: Project Mercury tries for orbit
60 years ago: The day-long flight of Vostok 2 and Cosmonaut G. Titov
***** On the evening of August 5, 1961, President John F. Kennedy is informed of evidence that the Soviets have… Read more 60 years ago: The day-long flight of Vostok 2 and Cosmonaut G. Titov
Aug. 5, 1971: Apollo 15 makes the first walk in deep space.
**** On the morning of August 5, 1971, we, Apollo 15, are headed home. It’s 14 hrs. since we left lunar… Read more Aug. 5, 1971: Apollo 15 makes the first walk in deep space.
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
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”
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