by Emily Carney | Jul 31, 2021 | Apollo, Astronauts, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney This week marks 50 years since Apollo 15, Apollo’s first “J” mission dedicated to lunar science, and the first to boast the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), a technical marvel that went from blueprint to reality in an astounding 18...
by National Space Society | Jul 14, 2021 | Apollo, Astronauts, Event, NSS Chapter News
Image: Featured Presenter Apollo Mission Control Flight Director Gerald D. Griffin When: Saturday, August 7, 2021, 7:00-8:30 AM PDT Topic: Breakfast on the Moon #5 – A celebration of Apollo 15’s 50th Anniversary To register for Breakfast #5, click the link...
by Emily Carney | Mar 13, 2021 | Apollo, Astronauts, Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Children's Books, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney The last two years have brought us several Apollo 50th anniversaries and celebrations (some in person and, during the last year, strictly online). In July, we will celebrate 50 years since Apollo 15, a mission that revealed three...
by National Space Society | Jan 29, 2021 | Apollo, Astronauts, Event, National Space Society
Please mark your calendars! On Saturday morning, February 6th, NSS Chapters’ Assembly and the Sacramento L5 Society NSS chapter will host the fourth in their ongoing series celebrating the various 50th anniversaries of the manned Apollo missions to the Moon. This...
by Emily Carney | Oct 2, 2020 | Apollo, Astronauts, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney On Saturday, March 2, 1974, the American network ABC released Houston, We’ve Got A Problem, the first known movie to have anything (tangentially or otherwise) to do with Apollo 13, the lunar mission that famously saw its landing...
by Emily Carney | Jun 10, 2020 | Apollo, Astronauts, Skylab Space Station, Space Settlement, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney In the last installment of This Space Available, the life and career of Dr. Philip Chapman, NASA’s first Australian-born astronaut, was discussed from the time he joined the exclusive cadre in 1967 to 1970, when he was doing his...
by Emily Carney | May 30, 2020 | Apollo, Astronauts, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney During the last year, This Space Available focused upon – and will continue to add to – the parallel, then wildly divergent stories of Brian O’Leary and Gerard K. O’Neill, two working scientists who, while both having brushes with...
by Emily Carney | May 24, 2020 | Apollo, Astronauts, Book Reviews, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney The last two years have seen an influx of media involving Apollo 11 and, in turn, its enigmatic mission commander, Neil A. Armstrong. In October 2018, his life and career received the big screen treatment in First Man, a masterful...
