We’re Here. Now What? How the Cold War Froze NASA
It seemed like a good idea at the time. It was April 1961. The Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin had just become the first person to orbit the Earth. America’s nascent…
A Year in Space
In 1960 an explosion at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur launching complex killed hundreds of people. Rather than halt their program to investigate the disaster and implement safety features to prevent…
Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Had an opportunity today to spend an hour or so inside a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine. If you haven’t had one, an MRI might sound futuristically high-tech, like the…
U.S. Astronaut Pens Open Post to President Trump
A heartfelt post from U.S. astronaut Leland Melvin, who is also a former NFL player. The post is a little long but it makes several significant points, including the disheartening…
The Thin Blue Line
“For the first time in my life I saw the horizon as a curved line. It was accentuated by a thin seam of dark blue light – our atmosphere. Obviously,…