by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 10, 2021 | Opinion
I wanted to be an astronaut. Of course I did. I was a wide-eyed nine-year-old in 1961 when Alan Shepard became the first American in space, riding the Freedom 7 atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket on a 15-minute suborbital flight. I had just reached double digits when John...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 21, 2021 | Opinion
Two billionaires were launched into space in the past two weeks. I joined millions of others in watching the ships’ ascent, brief stay at the edge of space and descent back to earth. Thankfully, all went according to plan, with passengers on both ships returning...
by James L. Evans | Feb 24, 2012 | Opinion
I must confess that I am a huge fan of the space program. From the launch of Sputnik in 1957, through the moon landing in 1969, and everything that has happened since, the exploration of space has piqued my interest and stirred my imagination. Certainly the case can...
by Robert Rhodes | Feb 6, 2003 | Opinion
Since before the time of Magellan, many who have sailed in the shadow of the unknown have lost their lives, going unheralded and forgotten except by a few. Even if we remain blithely unaware of them in this distractable age, the Magellans of today are the men and...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 8, 2002 | News
On April 13, 1970, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert were 200,000 miles from Earth. As the crew of Apollo 13, they were headed to the moon, intending to land in the Fra Mauro area. That objective suddenly changed when an oxygen tank in their service module...
