02 April 2026
NASA astronauts launch on lunar flyby mission
... was due to remain in high Earth orbit for about a day, giving the crew the opportunity to conduct a manual pilot demonstration to test Orion’s handling capabilities and continue checking spacecraft systems. If all systems remain healthy...
26 February 2018
Spaceshots and Snapshots of Projects Mercury & Gemini – A Rare Photographic History
... examples: as an alternative to the posed publicity shots it’s nice to see John Glenn in cleanroom gear seriously studying spacecraft manuals with Mercury capsules behind him; Jim Lovell’s cheeky grin as he uses his key to enter the private...
01 August 2019
Apollo’s Muse; the Moon in the age of photography
... indication of its style and content which, for the sake of clarity, is not that of a science text or engineering manual. As its publicity reveals, the book “surveys the role of photography in the scientific study and artistic interpretation...
01 October 2019
The Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America’s First Moon Missions
... and, despite the allusion to engineering in the title, this one is definitely more historical narrative than technical manual. The author, himself the son of an Apollo engineer, tells the story of a group of “lesser known engineers who...
30 March 2021
Space is Open for Business
... entrepreneurs read this book. They should, however, keep firmly in mind as they do so that this is predominantly a manual of positive thoughts (dare one say spin?). Although it does eventually tackle the spectre of “failure” in chapter 17, there...
17 June 2021
China's astronauts arrive at new space station
... waved at the camera. Another floated a pen just off his lap in zero-gravity as he browsed the flight manual. Around seven hours after lift-off, space officials confirmed that the craft had docked with...
