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...
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 Emily Carney | Jul 2, 2021 | Astronauts, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney The 1970s didn’t start out on a promising note for astronaut Vance Brand. As a member of Apollo 13’s support crew, he was the one who had to call fellow support crew member and CAPCOM Dr. Joe Kerwin with the news that a situation...
by Emily Carney | Jun 26, 2021 | This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney This installment of Space in the Seventies takes us back 45 years to the Summer of ‘76, when the United States was in the grip of Bicentennial Mania. The Bicentennial logo was appearing everywhere, including on the Viking Mars...
