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The Space Race is Over

So Billy Bragg told us in song. It was an interesting time the 1960s. There was a lot going in. At the start America got …

Yesterday saw NASA’s annual day of remembrance. The day that NASA remembers not only the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger on STS-51L as well as …

I have done a few posts about the US space program over the last couple of days but when I saw this image pop up …

Almost 30 years ago a spaceship named Challenger took off into the great blue yonder. Quite a routine thing at the time with NASA’s new …

Today is the 47th anniversary of the loss of Apollo 1 on the launchpad and the death of her crew Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward …

I have already touched on the troubled year 1968 was. That one was about one of the most famous images ever to come out of …

When I was growing up in the 70s and watching the final death throws of the once great Apollo missions, and man walking on the …

Apollo 8 was the first mission that escaped the pull of the earth and set course to the moon. The year was 1968. A turbulent …

My old friend, Andrew Paul, did a list of blogs over on his website that included a link to this blog, so I thought I …

Sitting here as I am doing in my hospital bed waiting for the day that I can escape back to reality, good food and television …