by Emily Carney | Jun 15, 2018 | Movies and Videos, Russian space program, This Space Available
“Viktor, did you know I did all of the vocal tracks for Thriller? Well, I did. That guy Michael Jackson is partying it up back on Earth, and here I am, my ass is stuck on this damn frozen space station.” Screenshot from Salyut 7 movie. Salyut 7 bears the...
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 | Sep 17, 2017 | Russian space program, Space Science, This Space Available
From NASA: “In the shadow of Saturn, unexpected wonders appear. The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn drifted in giant planet’s shadow for about 12 hours in 2006 and looked back toward the eclipsed Sun. Cassini saw a view unlike any other....
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 | 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 | Jul 16, 2017 | Astronauts, NASA, Russian space program, space books, This Space Available
From July 18, 1966: “Astronaut Michael Collins, command pilot, is photographed inside the spacecraft during the Gemini 10 mission.” NASA photo. The late 1980s represented a transitional time for both the U.S. and Soviet space programs. In January 1986, an...
by Emily Carney | Jul 1, 2017 | Apollo, Movies and Videos, Russian space program, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
“The Apollo Saturn V 500F Facilities Test vehicle, after conducting the VAB stacking operations, rolls out of the VAB on its way to Pad 39A to perform crawler, Launch Umbilical Tower, and pad operations.” NASA photo, May 25, 1966. The SA-500F went on to...
by Emily Carney | Jan 24, 2017 | Book Reviews, Russian space program, space books, This Space Available
Several proposed military space programs, including the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, are covered in Amazing Stories of the Space Age, Rod Pyle’s newest book. Image Credit: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force “Why didn’t I learn to treat everything...