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Astronaut Autographs, Flown Items, and More Available at ASF’s Online Auction
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation will host its Fall Auction of Astronaut Memorabilia starting at 9 a.m. (EDT) Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. There will be some 34 lots with a wide range of unique space-flown items which have been signed by the men and women who were involved with those missions. More
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Looking Back: Day of Remembrance Held Marking 10th Anniversary of Columbia Disaster
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — On February 1, 2013, NASA and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Columbia disaster. The occasion was also used to honor the loss of the Apollo 1 and Challenger crews. Held at the Space Mirror Memorial, which is located at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, […] More
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Three Shuttle Veterans Set to Be Inducted Into Astronaut Hall of Fame
Three space shuttle veterans are being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Saturday, May 5 at 3 p.m. The ceremony will be carried like on NASA Television. The three astronauts that will be included into the hall of fame this year are Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, Kevin […] More
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NASA’s O & C Building, Astronaut Suit-Up Room Changing With the Times
Located of the third floor of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Operation & Check Building (more commonly known as the O&C building) lies the astronaut living quarters. The facility is familiar to the general public as the building the astronauts depart from waving, dressed in their orange flight suits on their way to the launch […] More
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Shuttle Endeavour – Inside & Out
[youtube_video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoNHZwi-ezg[/youtube_video] When I told folks that I would actually be going inside one of the space shuttles – they were surprised. They assumed that this was something that I had done long ago. Up until not too long ago – the shuttles were still taking wing and it was not easy to get to sit […] More
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Under Cloudy Skies Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis Move Out
Starting under cloudy skies and with the threat of rain later NASA went ahead with the scheduled move of Space Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis. A nose to nose photo opportunity did not take place due to the weather, more like two ships passing in the night. Discovery was backed out of OPF-1 for the final time this […] More
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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s ‘Then & Now’ Tour
[youtube_video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV4RapZLxcA[/youtube_video] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Bill Blakeney knows a thing-or-two about the history of Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. As a “communicator” with the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex – he has to. Blakeney is one of the tour guides that work to inform the 1.2 million guests that visit the […] More
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Apollo Program Fondly Remembered by Those Who Made it a Reality
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla — “That’s one small step for man…one giant leap for mankind.” Who can forget those immortal words made famous by Neil Armstrong as he became the first man to take the first tentative step on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969? Certainly not St. Augustine, Florida residents Frank Fleming […] More
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Glenn, Carpenter Reflect on 50 Years of Americans On-Orbit
KENNEDY SPACE CETER, Fla – It isn’t every day that you get to talk to an American legend. That, however, is exactly what the AmericaSpace team got to do on Friday, Feb. 17. None other than former Mercury astronauts – Senator John Glenn and Scott Carpenter chatted up their experiences 50 years ago when they […] More
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Challenger Whistleblower Dies of Cancer
If you mention the word “Challenger” and the first name out of the average person’s mouth will more-than-likely be “McAuliffe.” Few people will say “Roger Boisjoly.” Boisjoly was the Morton Thiokol (now ATK) aerospace engineer that warned about the severe cold conditions – and the impact that they could have on the O-rings in the […] More
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Glenn and Carpenter to Attend “Celebrating 50 Years of Americans in Orbit” Event
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It has been 50 years since U.S. astronauts first thundered off of the launch pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. In 1962, John Glenn became the first U.S. astronaut to reach orbit. Both Senator Glenn and Scott Carpenter, the two surviving members of the Mercury Program will return […] More
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Apollo 1 Remembered 45 Years Later
Family, friends and coworkers paid respects to the crew of Apollo 1 who lost their lives in a fire that broke out in the spacecraft. “The Fire” as it came to be known, was the first, major accident in the space agency’s history – and its first major test. More