In late May I was very thankful for the distraction from COVID-19, Social Distancing as well as social unrest by following all the Launch America coverage. This represented the first time American astronauts would launch from US soil aboard an American spacecraft since the launch of the Shuttle Atlantis (STS Read more…
In early 2019, in anticipation of all the celebrations commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, I prepared a talk on the rocket that took us to the moon, the might Saturn V. You’ll see various previous posts in my blog with photos and links to Read more…
Last Friday evening, I provided my talk ‘ Saturn V – The Rocket That Took Us to the Moon” the residents of the Searstone Retirement Community, where my parents live. I did an abbreviated talk for 20 residents in their full-time care area and then the full talk to almost Read more…
Had a great time with my Astronomy Outreach partner in crime at the North Carolina Museum of History’s One Giant Leap festival as part of the Lift Off NC: Apollo + Beyond (https://www.ncsciencefestival.org/liftoffnc) events. I gave a talk on the Saturn V Rocket as well as hosted table/exhibit with LEGO Read more…
Got some great pictures of the Moon this evening. I’m working on an observing program sponsored by the Astronomical League and NASA as part of the 50th Anniversary of the 1st Manned Lunar Landing. Part of the program is to lead a educational outreach session about the Apollo Missions. The Read more…
As part of one of the Lift-Off NC: Apollo + Beyond series, fellow NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Doug Lively and I volunteered the Countdown to Launch Event hosted by the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. Doug and I teamed up to educate visitors to the event how Read more…
Back in July of 2011, I managed to take off a Friday and and drive down to to visit my brother and his family in Orlando and catch the last ever Space Shuttle Launch, STS 135. It was a risky move to drive 10 hours South to watch the launch Read more…
During spring break of 2013, we preceded our visit to Disney World with a visit to Kennedy Space Center. Some the highlights were walking through the Rocket Garden and seeing life size versions of the Mercury Redstone, Mercury Atlas and Gemini Titan rockets all in a vertical position. Then comparing Read more…
My first Blog entry will be devoted to the 40th Anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing. It is quite fitting that this week NASA released pictures of the Apollo landing sites taken by the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter): http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html My favorite picture is of the Apollo 14 landing site; Read more…