What I’ve Learned from the Scientists
The preliminary examination of the Apollo 11 and 12 samples is done. I've been reading the published results. Here's what we've learned from the rocks.
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Mission Log: Uncategorized
Why Apollo 13 Matters Beyond Survival
The full story of what Mission Control did during Apollo 13 is becoming clear. The engineering problem-solving was extraordinary.
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The New Decade
The 1960s are over. I've been keeping this notebook since 1957. Let me look at what the decade was and what the 1970s might be.
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The Last Day of the Decade
The decade Kennedy said we would go to the Moon ends today. We went. I want to write about that on the last day of the decade that did it.
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What the Second Landing Proved
Apollo 12 proved something beyond the fact that we can go to the Moon: we can aim.
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Before Pete Conrad Lands — A Note
Apollo 12 launches today with Pete Conrad, Al Bean, and Dick Gordon. We're going back to the Moon. That still sounds unbelievable.
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After the Moon — Where Does the Program Go?
We've landed on the Moon. The program continues. But where does it go? What is the next goal that organizes the way Kennedy's speech organized this one?
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The Pale Blue Dot — Before There Was a Name for It
The photographs of Earth from space — from Apollo 8, from the Moon's surface — are changing how people think about the planet. I've been sitting with this.
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What Does It Mean That We Went?
Two months since the landing and I'm still trying to figure out what it means. Not what happened — I know what happened. What it means.
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The Lunar Rocks Arrive
The Apollo 11 moon rocks are in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Scientists are beginning to analyze them.
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