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A Brief on the Apollo 1 (Capsule 204) Fire on its 50th Anniversary
What happened? The Apollo 1 (204) Command Module was on the ground at the Kennedy Space Center on January 27, 1967 when a fire broke out in the capsule. The three crew members (Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Edward … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, Apollo, cold war, Ed White, Gus Grissom, History, Moon, Moon race, NASA, Roger Chaffee, U.S. Civil Space
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Remembering the Gemini Program
Since it is the fiftieth anniversary of the the end of the Gemini program in 1966, with the flight of Gemini XII on November 12-15, I thought it appropriate to reflect on what I refer to as the middle child … Continue reading
Posted in Cold War Competition, History, Space
Tagged 1960s, Apollo, cold war, Ed White, Gemini, Gemini XII, Gus Grissom, History, John Young, Langley Research Center, McDonnell Aircraft Corp, Mercury, Moon race, NASA, paraglider, pogo effect, politics, public policy, Robert Gilruth, Soviet Union, Titan II, U.S. Civil Space
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Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015
1945—70 Years Ago 4 July—The NACA’s Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD) launched from Wallops Island, Maryland, its first test vehicle, a small two-stage, solid-fuel rocket to check out the installation’s instrumentation. The group soon began serious work to learn about … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, Akatsuki, Alexei Leonov, Apollo 13, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Army Ballistics Missile Agency, Atlantis, Atlas, cold war, Deep Impact 1, Dragon, Echo 1, Ed White, Falcon 9, Frank Borman, Gemini III, Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Gus Grissom, Hayabusa, History, hubble space telescope, IKAROS, Intelsat 1, International Space Station, Jim Lovell, John W. Young, Luna 16, Luna 17, Lunokhod 1, Mariner 4, Mir, Moon, Moon race, NACA, NASA, National Security Council, Naval Research Laboratory, Norman E. Thagard, Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, Project Vanguard, Redstone Arsenal, science, Soyuz 9, space science, space shuttle, SpaceX, Tiros 1, Titan, Tom Stafford, Transit 1B, U.S. Civil Space, V-2, Viking, Voskhod 2, Voyager, WAC-Corporal, Wally Schirra, Wernher von Braun, White Sands Proving Grounds
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Wednesday’s Book Review: “The Astronauts Wives Club”
The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story. By Lily Koppel. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2013. Illustrations (some color), author’s note, acknowledgments, 272 pages, hardcover with dustjacket. $28 USD. On one level Lily Koppel’s new book is a breezy, entertaining … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, Alan Shepard, Apollo, Betty Grissom, Charlie Bassett, Deke Slayton, Donn Eisele, Ed White, Elliot See, Grand Central Publishing, Gus Grissom, Harriett Eisele, History, JFK, Lily Koppel, Marge Slayton, Moon, Moon race, NASA, politics, Roger Chaffee, The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, U.S. Civil Space
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Whatever Became of the Apollo 1 Spacecraft?
On January 27, 1967, Apollo-Saturn (AS) 204, later named Apollo 1, was on the launch pad with the astronauts moving through ground simulations in what was called a “plugs out” test. The three astronauts to fly on this mission—Gus Grissom, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo 13, Apollo-Saturn (AS) 204, Betty Grissom, Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Challenger, Daniel S. Goldin, David Alberg, Ed White, Florida, Floyd L. Thompson, Gus Grissom, History, James E. Webb, Kansas Cosmosphere, Langley Research Center, NASA, Roger Chaffee, Titusville, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, U.S. Civil Space
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The First Three USAF Astronauts
Three of the first seven of America’s astronauts—the Mercury Seven selected in April 1959—came from the ranks of the United States Air Force. They were L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (1927-2004), Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom (1926-1967), and Donald K. “Deke” Slayton … Continue reading
Posted in Cold War Competition, History, Personal, Space
Tagged 1960s, American exceptionalism, cold war, Deke Slayton, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, History, international relations, Mercury, Mercury Seven, Moon, Moon race, NASA, politics, presidential power, public perceptions, public policy, U.S. Civil Space, United States Air Force
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