Tag Archives: Jim Lovell

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by launiusr

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 →

Posted in History, Space | 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 | 5 Comments

Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary

Posted on December 27, 2013 by launiusr

This is very Cool. My friend and colleague Andy Chaikin has narrated this account of how the astronauts of Apollo 8 in December 1968 took the famous “Earthrise” photograph that is one of the most iconic images of the twentieth … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, History, Lunar Exploration, Space | Tagged Andrew Chaikin, Apollo 8, Bill Anders, Earthrise, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell | Leave a comment

44 Years Ago Today: Apollo 8’s Historic Broadcast from the Moon on Christmas Eve in 1968

Posted on December 24, 2012 by launiusr

Hard to believe, it was 44 years ago today that the crew of Apollo 8 made their historic broadcast from the Moon on Christmas Eve in 1968. Launched on December 21, 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, History, Lunar Exploration, Personal, Religion, Space | Tagged 1960s, American exceptionalism, Apollo, Apollo 8, Bill Anders, Frank Borman, History, international relations, Jim Lovell, Moon, Moon race, NASA, U.S. Civil Space | 8 Comments

Recalling the First Rendezvous in Space

Posted on December 13, 2010 by launiusr

It seems hard to believe but 45 years ago the first rendezvous in space took place in December 1965 when Gemini VI and Gemini VII met in orbit. Those were heady times; the U.S. was on the way to the Moon … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War Competition, Space | Tagged 1960s, Apollo, Frank Borman, Gemini, History, Jim Lovell, NASA, Tom Stafford, U.S. Civil Space, Wally Shirra | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Jim Lovell

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary

44 Years Ago Today: Apollo 8’s Historic Broadcast from the Moon on Christmas Eve in 1968

Recalling the First Rendezvous in Space

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