Book Review: Reality Check
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:
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Around 12:45 p.m. Eastern time, Phobos-Grunt reentered somewhere over the Pacific Ocean by Chile. Our long international nightmare is over; you all can put your
Beginning of sunrise sequence from Gemini 7, which flew in December 1965. Photo courtesy of NASA. The hi-res images from the Gemini program, which functioned
If John Young says it’s dangerous, it officially is. NASA photo. Some background on this post: in the space shuttle days, one of the four
Recently on my Facebook profile, a rather spirited debate took place over this post about the domestic violence being experienced by famous blogger/writer Penelope Trunk.
Because every girl’s crazy about a sharp dressed man. Pete Conrad and his wife, Jane, 1970. Photo from Retro Space Images. My resolution for 2012
I usually never, ever do blogs here which share anything personally, but I’d like to use this space today to share my gratitude and happiness
STS-133 launches in February 2011. Photo by the author taken at Space View Park, Titusville, Florida. Despite the end of the space shuttle program in
For Christmas, get this book NOW for your space-obsessed buddy or family member. The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More, by Charles T. Bourland and
I feel kind of like this right now. Frank Borman, mad, 1968. I usually never post about non-spaceflight related things, but I felt a need
From NASA Television on YouTube – MSL launch from this morning. Right now, MSL’s Centaur stage is performing a burn which will take it
MSL and its Atlas V on the launchpad this morning. Picture from Kennedy Space Center on Facebook. 8:41 a.m.: Okay, I am here. We
From Kennedy Space Center’s Facebook page – en route to the Vehicle Assembly Building, 11/25/2011. Watch this space…in the morning I will be here
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