space geek
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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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The eclipse’s 1-year countdown
Last weekend began the one-year countdown to the total solar eclipse that will be seen in a large part of the United States and Canada on April 8, 2024. I can’t wait. You could say I’ve been waiting since the last one in the U.S., in August 2017. Because I have. I’m an unabashed total Continue reading
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Liftoff!
So awesome to see SpaceX Crew 6 and Falcon 9 launch outside my hotel window a little after midnight. I have been a space geek since the late Apollo missions (yeah, I am old), seeing a launch live has always been on my bucket list. So I set the alarm but woke up on time Continue reading
About Me
Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 