Category Archives: nasa

Columbia: Ten years later.

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

On the morning of February 1st, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia, returning to Earth after a successful 16-day mission during which several goals and milestones were achieved, broke apart during re-entry and disintegrated, killing its seven-member crew. I spent the … Continue reading →

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Remembering Challenger.

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Twenty-seven years ago today, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just moments after lift-off on January 28th, 1986, killing astronauts Dick Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, Ron McNair, Greg Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe. At Arlington National Cemetery, a permanent … Continue reading →

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God Speed to the Crew of Apollo 1.

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

46 years ago tonight, while conducting a routine test of their spacecraft’s power systems, the crew of Apollo 1–Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chafee–was killed when a fire broke out inside the capsule. Grissom had been … Continue reading →

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“Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.”

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

Forty years ago today, at 4:55PM Central Time, astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt lifted off from the lunar surface aboard the ascent stage of their landing craft, Challenger, bringing to a close humanity’s last manned expedition to the Moon. … Continue reading →

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NASA Remembrances, 2011.

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Space enthusiasts know that today marks the start of a 6-day period on the calendar which includes three tragic dates in the history of manned space flight. Today is the 44th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, which took the … Continue reading →

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Guenter Wendt, RIP.

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

The Associated Press and other news outlets are reporting that Guenter Wendt, famed NASA engineer during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs as well as the early space shuttle missions, died earlier today from congestive heart failure and a stroke … Continue reading →

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NASA remembrances.

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

Followers of the space program know that tomorrow begins a 6-day period on the calendar which includes three truly tragic dates in the history of manned space flight. Tomorrow marks the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, which took … Continue reading →

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Get the Moon! Get it!

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

On Friday, NASA will “bomb the Moon.” In reality, they’re planning to drive a used-up rocket motor from the LCROSS satellite into the Moon so that they can study the resulting ejecta for signs of water trapped beneath the lunar … Continue reading →

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On the day after….

Posted on July 21, 2009 by

Found this online. Once again, The Onion rules: (Click to enlarge.)

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“Houston, Tranquility Base here….”

Posted on July 20, 2009 by

“The Eagle has landed.” If you’re following the recreations which are unfolding in “real time,” then you know that Neil Armstrong isn’t due to step off the landing pad for several hours yet. Still: 40 years ago today: HERE MEN … Continue reading →

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