by Emily Carney | Oct 17, 2021 | Apollo, Astronauts, Book Reviews, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney One of the lesser known personalities of the Apollo lunar program is Ron Evans, Apollo 17 command module pilot. If you asked someone on the street to name an astronaut, he or she might be able to remember Neil Armstrong, but it’s...
by Emily Carney | Oct 9, 2021 | Astronauts, Book Reviews, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Two new books illuminate the challenging times two NASA Group Five astronauts experienced during the 1970s, a decade more known for delays in human spaceflight than actual human spaceflight. Wonders All Around: The Incredible Story...
by Emily Carney | Oct 4, 2021 | Astronomy, Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Most space enthusiasts are familiar with Skylab’s studies of the Sun, and its Christmas 1973 encounter with Comet Kohoutek. But many aren’t familiar with its suite of other astronomy experiments. Skylab possessed three...
by Emily Carney | Sep 26, 2021 | This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Last week, the Inspiration4 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, flew for three days in Earth’s orbit, and splashed down off the Atlantic coast, marking the historic completion of the first human spaceflight crewed by...
by Emily Carney | Sep 4, 2021 | Book Reviews, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Trigger warning: this piece discusses the January 28, 1986 Challenger tragedy. When this author discovered a new book was being released about the 1986 Challenger disaster, there was hesitation in buying it for two reasons. The...
by Emily Carney | Aug 28, 2021 | Space Shuttle, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Columbia didn’t fly until April 1981, but NASA began envisioning the Space Shuttle as early as 1969, while its astronauts and engineers were still busy perfecting landing on the Moon. A sweep of 1970s NASA images reveals treasures...
by Emily Carney | Aug 21, 2021 | Book Reviews, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney A book in the works for several years by Retro Space Images’ J.L. Pickering (who supplied the fantastic Kodachrome visions in this blog’s recent 3rd Century America article) and veteran space reporter John Bisney was just released,...
by Emily Carney | Aug 8, 2021 | Astronauts, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Once upon a time… At this point in our story, the mid-Seventies were in full swing at NASA, and preparations for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project were well in gear. In late 1974, NASA was already laying the groundwork for its next big...
