Book Review: Return to Launch
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:
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SpaceX announced that it will slip the launch of the Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 from the original 7 February 2012 date. The specific...
“To Charlie Duke…I am so sorry. My best, John Young’s GI Tract.” NASA photo. Recently, the great web site io9 published some Very Important Information...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon Author: Craig Nelson NSS Amazon link...
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...
There is an average of more than one planet per star in the Milky Way Image Credit: NASA / ESA / ESO With the forthcoming...
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...
The National Space Society (NSS) is proud to announce that LtCol Paul E. Damphousse USMC (Ret) has been named Executive Director effective January 1, 2012....
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....
The National Space Society is a co-sponsor of the Kepler Space Institute Convention, March 14-16, 2012, at the Hilton Head Marriott Resort in South Carolina.
...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...
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