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 | 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)...
by Emily Carney | Dec 31, 2016 | Apollo, Astronauts, Cosmonauts, NASA, Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
The end of the year calls for a Skylab party, and enjoying food at the dinner table with good friends! From Dec. 28, 1973: “The three members of the Skylab 4 crew confer via television communication with Dr. Lubos Kohoutek, discoverer of the Comet Kohoutek. This...
by Emily Carney | Feb 9, 2014 | Cosmonauts, International Space Station, Russian space program, This Space Available
The Russian National Anthem, presented Friday, February 7, at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies. At about 1:45, cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev, Yelena Serova, Svetlana Savitskaya, Fyodor Yurchikhin, and Roman Romanenko step in to raise the Russian flag....
by Emily Carney | Apr 13, 2012 | Astronauts, Cosmonauts, Gemini Program, Russian space program, This Space Available
Yuri Gagarin, Ed White and Jim McDivitt enjoy a handshake, mid-1960s. Emily Carney is a writer, space enthusiast, and creator of the This Space Available space blog, published since 2010. In January 2019, Emily’s This Space Available blog was incorporated...