We have watched with dismay as President Obama dismantled the structure that was guiding both the government and commercial space sectors, while providing no purpose or vision or mission. This failure of leadership …
Read more:
January 27, 2012
Posts Tagged ‘mercury’
January 27, 2012
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Lunar Pioneer: Earth's Moon from MESSENGER
Friday, March 18th, 2011The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft became the first spacecraft ever to enter Mercury’s orbit! The insertion burn occurred 18 March 2011 at 12:45 am UTC (17 March, 8:45 EDT). …
See the rest here:
Lunar Pioneer: Earth's Moon from MESSENGER
Lunar Pioneer: Forty years since America's 2nd Return to Space
Monday, January 31st, 2011For Admiral Shepard, the first American astronaut in Space , it had been an even longer wait. Ten years had passed since that first first fifteen minute sub-orbital flight of the Mercury program, and after being grounded for an inner ear …
See the rest here:
Lunar Pioneer: Forty years since America's 2nd Return to Space