The many flights of Tom Stafford (1930-2014)

Tom Stafford, one of the last Gemini astronauts. Now only three remain alive, Jim Lovell, Dave Scott and Buzz Aldrin.… Read more The many flights of Tom Stafford (1930-2014)

Astronaut & Administrator Dick Truly 1937 – 2024

Dick Truly in front of the prototype Shuttle, Enterprise. ***** The obituaries certainly mention that he flew two Shuttle flights,… Read more Astronaut & Administrator Dick Truly 1937 – 2024

March 7 1969: Apollo 9’s Lunar Module, Spider, sets out on its solo flight. ***** A Spider’s song As with… Read more 55 years ago: The Lunar Module flies solo

Feb. 11, 1984: The tenth Shuttle flight finally lands one at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). ***** Just after midnight, EST,… Read more Forty years ago: The first Shuttle landing at KSC

February 9, 1984: Bruce McCandless in the MMU descends toward a docking using the Trunnion Pin Attachment Device ((T-PAD) locked at… Read more Forty years ago: Wringing out the MMU a second time

February 8, 1974: The final Skylab crew in their Apollo pulls away from the space station, concluding the flight program. *****… Read more 50 Years ago: Skylab program ends with a splash

February 7, 1984: Bruce McCandless flies the first test of the Manned Maneuvering Unit. ***** It’s February 7, 1984, the fifth… Read more Forty years ago: Flying free for the first time

February 3, 1984: The Westar communications satellite rises from Challenger’s payload bay on launch day of the tenth Shuttle flight. *****… Read more Forty years ago: STS-11, by any other name

Outside for a look at a comet: A Skylab 4 astronaut holds onto a strut to the Apollo Telescope Mount. *****… Read more 50 years ago: Skylab 4 sets a new pace

Fifty-five years ago: Apollo 8 entered lunar gravity. (A TV view of Frank Borman during the transit to the Moon.) ***** As… Read more Apollo 8: Across the cosmic barrier