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Category Archives: Moon
Sandwiches in Space
Most of NASA’s Apollo program files are publicly available, in many cases digitized and accessible online. But there’s one picture from the Apollo 12 files that I’ve never been able to find much information about: a picture of a suit … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo, Gemini, History of Space Science, Manned Spaceflight, Moon
Tagged Al Bean, Apollo, Apollo12, Dick Gordon, Gus Grissom, John Young, NASA, Pete Conrad
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Is Wernher von Braun Spaceflight’s Most Controversial Figure?
That he was responsible for both the deadly Nazi V-2 and NASA’s majestic Saturn V makes Wernher von Braun a controversial historical figure. Some hold that his participation in the Nazi war effort necessitates classifying him as a villain. But … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo, History of Space Science, Manned Spaceflight, Mercury, Moon, Rockets
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The View from Apollo 4
Apollo 4 is one of the unsung heros of the Apollo program. Launched on November 9, 1967, it was the first flight of a Saturn V rocket, the first orbital test of a Command and Service Module, and an overall … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo, History of Space Science, Moon, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Apollo 4, George Mueller, Wernher von Braun
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Apollo 8 and Inspiration Mars: Context Matters
We have an amazing ability to selectively read history, and it’s something that happens a lot with the Space Race. We see the inspirational effects of bold missions to the Moon and use them as a benchmark for future exploration. … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo, Manned Spaceflight, Moon, Soviet
Tagged Apollo 8, Inspiration Mars, NASA, Space Race
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Gene Cernan and I Walk Into a Bar; or, Swearing Around the Moon
In all his official NASA portraits, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan looks stern. All the Apollo-era astronauts were photographed unsmiling, almost as though it would give tax paying Americans the sense that their national heroes took their roles deadly seriously … Continue reading
Vintage Space Favourites of 2012
The past twelve months have been very good ones. I’ve met and worked with some incredible people, ventured into the (often awkward) world of podcasts and webcasts, and have read and written more than I ever did in grad school. … Continue reading
Jack Schmitt’s Christmas Poem
NASA didn’t give its Apollo astronauts too much free time during missions. Crews had to go through multi-stage checklists before any manoeuvre and had experiments to run during the three day transits to and from the Moon. Everything, down to … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo, History of Space Science, Manned Spaceflight, Moon
Tagged Apollo, Apollo 17, Apollo 8, Cernan, Christmas, Evans, Fullerton, NASA, Poem, Schmitt
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