Snoopy Goes to the Moon
Apollo 10 launched today with Tom Stafford, John Young, and Gene Cernan. The lunar module is named Snoopy. The command module is Charlie Brown.
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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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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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Christmas Eve at the Moon
On Christmas Eve 1968, three American astronauts in orbit around the Moon read from the Book of Genesis. Before they read, Bill Anders took a photograph. He called out: "Oh my God, look at that picture over there!" He had seen the Earth rising above the lunar horizon. Earthrise. The…
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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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They’re Going to the Moon — Not to Orbit the Earth
Apollo 8 launched this morning and they are not going to Earth orbit. They are going to the Moon. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders are riding the Saturn V to lunar orbit. For the first time in history, human beings are leaving Earth to go to another world.…
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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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