August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
... corrected our orbit.” Since it is impossible to determine distances in space due to lack of any reference points or landmarks, an observer...to the orbiting station, astronaut Bill Pogue went on two space walks. During one of them, on 22 November 1973,...
24 September 2020
Apollo’s Legacy - Perspectives on the Moon Landings
... to the genre. However, this book is by NASA’s chief historian so we should cut him some slack. The main surprise is ... covering this sort of material can be written by a serious space historian shows that the Apollo story has truly come of age. While...
25 February 2018
Abandoned in Place – Preserving America’s Space History
...a useful index. Full disclosure: as a part-time space historian and photographer, I liked this book even before I ...of levels to a broad spectrum of readers from those interested in space technology, in particular its history, to those who will view ...
10 October 2018
Apollo Program Development Plan
...facsimile of NASA’s plan for Apollo dated 15 January 1965, which comprises 17 sections and a distribution list. Space historians will consider this a fascinating reference document. Its relatively early date is reflected in some of the diagrams which...
18 February 2018
Space Launch Complex 10: Vandenberg’s Cold War National Landmark
... the subject. This book is different in that its author is a former US Air Force space and missile officer and self-confessed ‘amateur space historian’. His experiences as a young lieutenant at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California prompted...
June 2019
A reluctant American hero
... in 1966, when the first ever spacecraft docking in space with another vehicle was accomplished with an Agena target ...’s progress The “gifts of Apollo” as described by space historian Prof Chris Riley also include a significant new awareness of...
