Who Will Land on the Moon?
NASA announced the Apollo 11 crew: Neil Armstrong commanding, Buzz Aldrin on the lunar module, Mike Collins in the command module. These three will attempt the landing.
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Mission Log: Uncategorized
Spider — The Lunar Module Flies
The lunar module flew for the first time with humans aboard today. Jim McDivitt and Rusty Schweickart took "Spider" on a solo flight while Dave Scott flew the command module.
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What 1968 Was
1968 is over and I'm trying to figure out what kind of year it was. The worst year and the best year. The year America broke and also the year it reached the Moon.
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Apollo 8 Comes Home
The trans-earth injection burn fired correctly and Apollo 8 splashed down safely in the Pacific this morning. They made it.
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They’re On Their Way
Apollo 8 launched this morning. The Saturn V worked. The translunar injection burn worked. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders are on their way to the Moon.
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The Decision for Apollo 8
NASA announced it officially: Apollo 8 is going to the Moon. Not Earth orbit. Lunar orbit. Borman, Lovell, and Anders will be the first humans to leave Earth's gravity.
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Schirra’s Cold and a Successful Mission
Apollo 7 splashed down safely today after eleven days in orbit. The mission was successful. Schirra had a terrible head cold the whole time.
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Apollo 7 — We’re Back
Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham are in space right now. The first crewed Apollo mission launched this morning and it looks good.
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Independence Day, Space Age
July Fourth, 1968. The year is half over. We've survived Tet, we've survived King, we've survived Kennedy. And the space program is still going.
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June Again
Robert Kennedy was shot two nights ago and died yesterday morning. I can't stop thinking about the phone call to Jackie Kennedy they must have made.
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