By Emily Carney, on August 28th, 2015
Dr. Buzz Aldrin can now add professor and institute namesake to his many different “hats.” Photo Credit: James O. Davies.
Astronaut, explorer, rocket scientist, American hero, and tireless STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) advocate … these are just a few things that describe Dr. Buzz Aldrin, second moonwalker and one of […]
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By J.L. Pickering, on August 12th, 2013 Photo Credit: J.L. Pickering
In Better Days: Photo taken in November 1983 showing a late afternoon view of Complex 19 at Cape Canaveral. The blockhouse and erector made famous in the Gemini Program are clearly visible in this photo. Anyone who has visited the pad in recent years will see that […]
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By J.L. Pickering, on July 8th, 2013 Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images
The “Good Ole Days” — Gemini 11 astronauts Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad are welcomed aboard the recovery ship U.S.S. Guam on September 15, 1966.
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By J.L. Pickering, on July 6th, 2013 Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images
Not Exactly a Saturn V — Astronaut Neil Armstrong aboard a mule during an astronaut training field trip to the Grand Canyon in 1964.
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By J.L. Pickering, on June 12th, 2013 Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images
Can You Train for History? — Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong during extra-vehicular activity training exercises at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in April 1969.
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By J.L. Pickering, on June 10th, 2013 Happy Birthday to Jim McDivitt! Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images
Birthday Wishes — Happy birthday to Gemini and Apollo Program space veteran Jim McDivitt!
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By J.L. Pickering, on June 5th, 2013 Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images
Remembering Gemini 9 — Gene Cernan became the second American to walk in space on this date in 1966. This retro NASA art release shows how the original EVA plans looked.
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By J.L. Pickering, on June 4th, 2013 Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images
A Gator With Teeth — Remembering Gemini 9 and the ATDA that Tom Stafford named “the angry alligator.”
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By J.L. Pickering, on June 2nd, 2013 Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images
Remembering Pete — Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad was born on this date in 1930. Conrad is shown here during preparation for the Gemini 5 launch in August 1965.
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By Jason Rhian, on August 25th, 2012 Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon has died from complications following cardiac bypass surgery – he was 82. Photo Credit: NASA
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon died today from complications stemming from recent cardiac bypass surgery – he was 82. Armstrong was dubbed a […]
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