Malarkey Milkshakes: 25 Years Since STS-39 (Part 2)

By Ben Evans, on April 24th, 2016

After almost two months of delays, Discovery roars into orbit on 28 April 1991, 25 years ago, this week. Her STS-39 mission marked the longest shuttle flight ever conducted for the Department of Defense. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de

Twenty-five years ago, next week, one of the most complex space shuttle missions […]

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'What Did You Tell My Wife?': 25 Years Since STS-39 (Part 1)

By Ben Evans, on April 23rd, 2016

The Infrared Background Signature Survey (IBSS), attached to a deployable Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS), was one of the principal payloads aboard STS-39. The eight-day flight was the longest shuttle mission ever conducted in support of the Department of Defense. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de

Thirty years ago, the loss of Challenger, on […]

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'Believe In Your Dreams': Remembering Astronaut Lacy Veach On His 70th Birthday

By Ben Evans, on September 18th, 2014

Lacy Veach (right), pictured during pre-launch training for STS-52. Photo Credit: Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de

“You’ve got to believe in your dreams,” astronaut Lacy Veach once told a crowd of Hawaiian youngsters, “and you’ve got to be hard-headed enough to never let go!” Had cancer not cruelly snatched him from us, today (18 September) would […]

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