* After a three-day voyage home, our Apollo 14 mission, the third landing on the moon, makes a bullseye splashdown… Read more 50 years ago: The last “H” mission ends
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50 years ago: Apollo 14 — Lost on Cone Crater
* With a call to Houston two hours before our scheduled wake-up time, we begin our second — and final… Read more 50 years ago: Apollo 14 — Lost on Cone Crater
50 years ago: Apollo 14 lands on the moon
* It’s February 5, 1971 — and it’s going to be a long one for us, the crew of Apollo… Read more 50 years ago: Apollo 14 lands on the moon
50 Years ago: Returning to the moon
There’s an old truth in aviation and space circles: If someone dies in an accident, the delay afterwards is much longer… Read more 50 Years ago: Returning to the moon
40 years ago: Time to dream again
* Better late than never. It’s December 29, 1980. Although it seemed forever since March 1979 when the first true Space… Read more 40 years ago: Time to dream again
Chuck Yeager (1923 – 2020)
Don’t. Don’t speak of ‘the right stuff.’ That phrase belonged to Tom Wolfe, not Chuck Yeager. * Use other words:… Read more Chuck Yeager (1923 – 2020)
50 years ago: Thundering (briefly) to life
* * Ignition! Fifty years ago today, September 30, the five F-1 engines of the final Saturn V built, SA-515, roared… Read more 50 years ago: Thundering (briefly) to life
50 years ago: Destination Museum not Moon
* * Gone. After a summer of rumors, proposals, alternate plans. Gone. After another round of budget cuts. Gone. The final two Apollo… Read more 50 years ago: Destination Museum not Moon
Rene Carpenter, 1928-2020
*** With Annie Glenn’s death this May of Covid-19, Rene Carpenter was the last of the Mercury –don’t call them… Read more Rene Carpenter, 1928-2020
Apollo-Soyuz: A close (missed) call
** Gus Grissom, commander of the first Apollo, said that disaster can strike any mission, the last as well as… Read more Apollo-Soyuz: A close (missed) call
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