by Emily Carney | Sep 16, 2018 | Apollo, Astronauts, space books, This Space Available
Neil Armstrong somehow finds some time to practice landing on the Moon while he simultaneously spends 4,000 hours in the X-15. Real caption from NASA: “Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, participates in simulation training in preparation for the...
by Emily Carney | Mar 11, 2018 | Apollo, Astronauts, Gemini Program, Project Mercury, space books, This Space Available
1962 NASA photo: “Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. looks into a Celestial Training Device (globe) during training in the Aeromedical Laboratory at Cape Canaveral, Florida.” Some of Glenn’s comments in a 1967 World Book Year Book piece would prove to be...
by Emily Carney | Feb 19, 2018 | Apollo, Astronauts, Cosmonauts, Project Mercury, Russian space program, Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
NASA photo, April 11, 1970: “Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot for NASA’s third lunar landing mission, appears to be relaxing in the suiting room at Kennedy Space Center prior to launch.” Swigert’s role during Apollo 13 was...
by Emily Carney | Dec 24, 2017 | Apollo, Astronauts, Book Reviews, Skylab Space Station, Space Science, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
NASA photo, Feb. 1974: “Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot for the Skylab 4 mission, demonstrates the effects of zero-gravity as he sails through airlock module hatch.” There’s another world behind the sun / He used to shine on...
by Emily Carney | Nov 8, 2017 | Apollo, Astronauts, This Space Available
NASA photo, labeled Sept. 22, 1969: “These three astronauts have been named by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the prime crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. Left to right are Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and...
by Emily Carney | Aug 20, 2017 | Apollo, Astronauts, Russian space program, Skylab Space Station, Space Science, This Space Available
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) image, the Sun’s corona observed by Skylab. The corona in real color would actually be white; this computer-enhanced image uses false color to augment coronal features. “At Skylab’s orbital altitude, where...
by Emily Carney | Aug 2, 2017 | Apollo, Astronauts, This Space Available
NASA photo, July 18, 1969: ” The face of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, is seen in this color reproduction, taken from the third television transmission, from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey...
by Emily Carney | Jul 23, 2017 | Apollo, Astronauts, Cosmonauts, Russian space program, This Space Available
NASA photo, Feb. 1975: “The five prime crew members of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission pose for a group photograph while at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for a three-day inspection tour. They are, left to right, astronaut Donald K. (Deke)...
