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The Sagan Series – Part 8 – Gift of Apollo (2011-11-02)

The whole series is here: The Sagan Series [Read More]

Apollo Lunar Landing Mission Poster (2012-01-19)

Here is a classic poster from 1967 of the Apollo Lunar Landing mission.  Image is available at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. [Read More]

Apollo 11′s Source Code (2012-04-25)

If you are a rocketry and computer geek like me the following website will send a spark through those sleepy synapses. The Virtual AGC — AGS — LVDC — Gemini page is dedicated the ... [Read More]

Apollo 11′s original press kit (2012-05-03)

I guess I’m feeling nostalgic and posting a number of Apollo 11 related items. Came across the original press kit from the Apollo 11 mission in the NASA History archives. This is a gem of a ... [Read More]

Has an Apollo 13 secret been revealed over 40 years later? (2012-08-06)

An interesting thread appeared on Reddit recently where a 97 year old ex-deputy chief of media relations during the time of the Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 dropped a real bombshell claiming that an ... [Read More]

Experience the Apollo 11 landing in a new amazing way (2012-10-25)

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NASA releases 17000 photos from Apollo era: Happy Holidays! (2013-12-25)

NASA has released 17000 more photos to the Apollo archive according to the UKs  Daily Mail “The archive, released through the Nasa-funded Lunar And Planetary Institute, shows not only the ... [Read More]

Apollo 11 45th anniversary (2014-07-16)

Today marks the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 11 liftoff. Here are a few of my favorite past Apollo 11 post: The original Apollo 11 Press Kit Apollo 11 Source code Apollo 11 Transcripts Apollo 11 ... [Read More]

45 years ago Apollo 12 launches and is struck by lightning (2014-11-14)

36.5 seconds after launch , Apollo 12 was hit by lightning. Here is a great review from the movie “Failure Is Not An Option” [Read More]

NASA uploads 8434 Apollo mission photos to Flickr (2015-10-02)

These photos have been online other places but really shine in the Flickr format. You can see the photos at Flickr by clicking here. [Read More]

Apollo 11 landing in Real Time (2016-07-20)

Every year on this date I like to experience the landing again in Real Time.   [Read More]

Smithsonian releases 3D tour of Apollo 11 capsule (2016-10-01)

“To mark the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission, the Smithsonian has made available a high-resolution 3-D scan of the command module “Columbia,” the spacecraft that ... [Read More]

Apollo 17 in real time (2016-12-09)

Experience the Apollo 17 mission in real time. Apollo 17 launched 44 years ago on Dec. 7th 1972. Click here to join mission [Read More]

Apollo 50th: Build a LEM Paper Model (2019-07-12)

As the Apollo 11 50th anniversary approaches I find it’s time to build a paper model of the iconic Lunar Module.I hope you will join me in this undertaking and build your own. Two great models ... [Read More]