The launch of Apollo 10 on May 18, 1969 Synch your straps tight, perform status checks. We’re going to… Read more 50 years ago today: “Ten is go”
Tag: Space
An Apollo 10 story not fit to print
The Apollo 10 Lunar Module, Snoopy. The real story why it didn’t land. It certainly made a good story, but… Read more An Apollo 10 story not fit to print
Geraldyn Cobb, 1931-2019
If she’d been a man. Maybe if she’d been born a generation later. Certainly if she’d been measured by her… Read more Geraldyn Cobb, 1931-2019
Owen K. Garriott, 1930-2019
He numbered among the space pioneers, chosen in 1965 with the first five scientist astronauts whom no one at… Read more Owen K. Garriott, 1930-2019
Fifty years and nearly forgotten
Fifty years ago today, Apollo 9, over the Pacific near the end of its 151st orbit, fired its big… Read more Fifty years and nearly forgotten
50 years ago: The adventures of Spider & Gumdrop
Spider flies free This is it, the big day, fifty years ago, Apollo 9’s fifth flight day, the lunar… Read more 50 years ago: The adventures of Spider & Gumdrop
Fifty years ago: Apollo’s first spacewalk
Rusty Schweickart tests the Lunar Module handrails We’re now on Day Four of our Apollo 9 flight, and spirits… Read more Fifty years ago: Apollo’s first spacewalk
50 years ago: Apollo 9 is launched
The lunar module atop the Saturn third stage It’s your turn to be a test pilot, and fly a… Read more 50 years ago: Apollo 9 is launched
Apollo 8: One last glance back
In the final days of 1968, photos from the flight of Apollo 8 were released revealing what soon would… Read more Apollo 8: One last glance back
And they were returned to us
The Apollo 8 crew after splashdown, 50 years ago today. It is the morning after the morning after Christmas. … Read more And they were returned to us
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