NASA
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Apollo 8: The Audacious Moon Mission You Should Know About
Apollo 8 is my favorite space mission — yes, I have favorites because I’m a space nerd — and I started watching this YouTube documentary. Apollo 11 will always be in the history books, but Apollo 8 was awesome and audacious, the first time humans had ever been out of Earth’s gravity and then around… Continue reading
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From the Earth to the Moon
The United States is back on the Moon for the first time since 1972. And, for the first time, it’s a private company that’s leading the way. Inituitive Machines’ Odysseus lander touched down on Thursday evening after a journey from Cape Canaveral, a launch aboard a SpaceX rocket and then the trip to lunar orbit… Continue reading
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‘The greatest pilot anyone had ever seen’
Sixty years ago today, immortalized in one of my favorite flicks, “The Right Stuff,” and one of my fav movie endings ever, with the actual film of Faith 7’s launch and the late, great Levon Helm’s voiceover: “On that glorious day in May 15, 1963, Gordon Cooper went higher, farther, and faster than any other… Continue reading
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