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Alan Bean and the Sun-Fried Camera
Among its notable accomplishments, Apollo 12 is famous for having returned no video of Pete Conrad and Al Bean exploring the lunar surface. Though the lunar landing crew carried a colour TV camera to bring their mission to the world … Continue reading
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The Future Place of Men in Space
Spaceflight, broadly speaking, is divided into two camps: manned and unmanned or robotic flight. And people tend to fall into one camp or the other. Either you think manned flight is the only way forward or you see robotic missions … Continue reading
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How the Aurora Borealis Nearly Started World War III
The year was 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis was at its peak, and it had been only days since President Kennedy learned that the Soviet Union was establishing missile sites in Cuba. The U.S. Air Force was on DEFCON-2. American … Continue reading
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Vintage Space Videos
Vintage Space now has videos! These short clips are not only a way to bring Vintage Space content to the visually oriented, they’re also a way for me to answer your questions. Check out the Vintage Space Videos page for … Continue reading
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First Woman
China’s Shenzhou 9 spacecraft successfully reached orbit yesterday, and tomorrow it will dock with the Tiangong 1 prototype space station the nation launched last September. But it’s the crew that’s commanding the most attention on this mission, namely pilot Liu … Continue reading
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Vintage Space’s New Home
Vintage Space has moved! I’ve finally built my own website at www.amyshirateitel.com and my blog is now hosted there at www.amyshirateitel.com/vintagespace - the labeled picture of Charlie Duke (left) is linked to Vintage Space on my new homepage. Unfortunately, I haven’t … Continue reading
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Carnival of Space #250
It’s time for another Carnival of Space! From scrubbed launches to skywriting with galaxies, there are some neat things happening in space now and in the future. (Today’s fun vintage space image is a great shot of the Gemini 9 … Continue reading
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