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
Tag: Space
The vanished solar system
The blurry face of Mars prior to the Space Age ***** I’d been thinking of Pluto all this past summer.… Read more The vanished solar system
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
Forty years ago: Shuttle mission 16 makes an unscheduled spacewalk
April 16, 1985: Astronauts Jeff Hoffman and Dave Griggs install make-shift “fly swatters” on the end the Discovery’s 50-ft.-long robot… Read more Forty years ago: Shuttle mission 16 makes an unscheduled spacewalk
55 years ago: Apollo 13 foreshadows end of lunar project
April 13, 1970: The Apollo 13 accident cut short the lifetime of Apollo. (Shown in the Lunar Module Aquarius, (left… Read more 55 years ago: Apollo 13 foreshadows end of lunar project
Forty years ago: STS 51-D, “The Omni is still Down”
The 16th Shuttle flight: The Syncom/Leasat communications satellite rolls out of Discovery’s payload bay, the Omni antenna folded down at.… Read more Forty years ago: STS 51-D, “The Omni is still Down”
Sixty years ago: Leonov takes a walk on the wild side
March 18, 1965: Alexei Leonov floats outside Voskhod 2 on history’s first spacewalk. ***** Sixty years ago today the world… Read more Sixty years ago: Leonov takes a walk on the wild side
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