Hans Remembers- Sunday May 18, 1969- Apollo 10 launched from Cape Kennedy at 12:49 PM. Apollo 10 would be the dress rehearsal for the big one in two months- Apollo […]
It was fifty years ago today- Thursday March 14, 1969- Apollo 9 returned to earth following ten days in lower Earth orbit. This wasn’t the exciting mission that Apollo […]
It was fifty years ago today – Tuesday March 11, 1969 NASA’s Dr. John Small, Director of Lunar Surface Projects announced that the plan was for Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin to […]
It was fifty years ago today- the moon suit that would be worn by the Apollo 11 astronauts in July when the went to the moon was successfully tested by […]
It was fifty years ago today- Apollo 9 launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida at 11 AM. The astronauts were James McDivitt, David Scott and Rusty Schweickart. It would be McDivitt’s […]
I read the news today ,oh boy- some of the news headlines from 50 years ago today- Wednesday February 19, 1969. When President John F. Kennedy announced in a speech […]
It was fifty years ago today- Wednesday January 15, 1969- the Soviet Union which was clearly falling behind in the race with the USA to the Moon launched it’s second […]
