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Image copyright 2011 by graphic designer Ben Hughes. From the Apple Web site: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has...
“THE SPACE CAPSULE IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE.” Apollo 18 brings the lolz, disappoints. So here’s my review of the hot mess soon-to-be space...
NASA ground track shows UARS leaving Africa and reentering over the Pacific Ocean at approximately 12:01 a.m. EDT September 24. Map courtesy of NASA. Here’s...
John Young, 1965. He was approximately my age (34) in this Life magazine photo. Happy birthday to Floridian badass and originator of the Blue...
UARS is scheduled to reenter sometime between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. September 24. It may reenter over parts of Canada, Africa and Australia. Here’s...
This is what the satellite which is falling from orbit – the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite – looks like. So if you see this in...
John Young looking superfly in 1972 following Apollo 16. Photo from Retro Space Images on Facebook. Okay, NASA announced several new prospective launch vehicles this...
Joe Kerwin makes a perfect sphere of water out of a straw in Skylab, 1973. NASA photo. I was linked in a blog post by...
GRAIL and its Delta II launch vehicle at LC-17B on September 8, 2011. Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley. So, I am up and it is...
“Oh thank you, I seriously thought I was going to jail over my taxes. Now I can go back to my normal everyday activities, which...
In 1968, these three goobers spent a week pretending they were in space. But why? Read on. NASA portraits. From left, Joe Kerwin, Vance Brand,...
Deke Slayton talks to Alan Shepard during Al’s 1961 suborbital flight like a boss. Life magazine photo. First, the good news: I have an awesome...
Meyer’s academic textbook is loaded with numerous photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs. There are chapters on subjects such as farm machines, animal and fungi production, plant and algae production, and space menus. The farming techniques outlined in the book can be applied to lunar, Martian, or rotating space settlements.
Apogee Books has reissued its volume on Surveyor for the program’s 60th anniversary. The book is a wonder, containing a veritable treasure trove of documents on every conceivable facet of the Surveyor program.
We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 18, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST NOTE NEW TIME! The...
