After 7 years, the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission has completed successfully, giving us our first tangible bit of early solar-system material to study.
Category: Space
To The Stars…
Oh Wait, I Forgot The Obligatory Rockets!
The Greatest Test Flight – STS-1
The Return Of The Only Articles I’ve Ever Deleted From This Site
The “Final” Space Article (For Now, Anyway…)
Reflections On Apollo 11
That’s One Small Step For [A] Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind
The Eagle Has Landed
I just completed watching the Apollo 11 landing in real time, and all I can say, in short form, was it was an incredible experience. I’ve watched the footage before — recall a few years ago I shared the PDI to touchdown footage, but I’ve never experienced the landing in its full context like the […]
Today Is The Day – The 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing
This is it. Today is July 20th, 2019. The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. To say that I’m excited would be an understatement — it’s just something different to think it’s been 50 years, half a century, since this event. I remember the 25th anniversary well enough (I have a poster related […]
50 Years Ago: The Launch Of Apollo 11
40 Years Ago: The End Of Skylab
Happy 4th Of July 2019! (With More Bonus Rocket Launches!)
It’s the 4th of July and, in what’s becoming a tradition here, instead of typical fireworks I like to celebrate online with something with a little more power behind it – rockets. Old launches, more recent ones, it doesn’t matter to me, I just enjoy seeing these machines do their thing. These aren’t all going […]