A measure beyond months

Posted on September 5, 2017 by etiptree

Voyager’s 40th anniversary Don’t call it the Grand Tour. The Grand Tour, four spacecraft richly equipped, costing nearly a billion… Read more A measure beyond months

Rollout!

Posted on August 26, 2017 by etiptree

Fifty years ago Dawn always appears as the primeval hour, one suitable for giants and dinosaurs. And never more… Read more Rollout!

50th Anniversary of Apollo

Posted on January 27, 2017 by etiptree

*********** January 27, 1967 I would have just finished dinner, perhaps leaving a tough bit of salisbury… Read more 50th Anniversary of Apollo

50 Years ago: The End of Gemini

Posted on November 11, 2016 by etiptree

Gemini 12 Nov. 11-15, 1966 Walking out to Pad 19, to the waiting Titan II, our Gemini… Read more 50 Years ago: The End of Gemini

Gemini 11: Asleep in space

Posted on September 28, 2016 by etiptree

Fifty years ago… We’re flying over Houston, standing in the open hatch, floating above our seat two days after launch. … Read more Gemini 11: Asleep in space

50 years ago: Gemini 10

Posted on July 18, 2016 by etiptree

Gemini 10, John Young and Mike Collins, a standard three-day Gemini mission. Of course none of them are standard… Read more 50 years ago: Gemini 10

50 years ago: The fog of spaceflight

Posted on June 5, 2016 by etiptree

Gemini 9 Exhausting. From the start. And now this. So much to do on short 72-hour Gemini missions. On… Read more 50 years ago: The fog of spaceflight

50 years ago today: Into the drink

Posted on May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 by etiptree

Gemini 9 We’re button in our Gemini capsule, aiming 11:41 EDT launch. Two countdowns are underway at once. Over… Read more 50 years ago today: Into the drink