by Roger Balettie | Dec 22, 2022 | NASA, Space
50 years.5 decades.Half-a-century. No matter how you describe it, there’s something about that particular passage of time that brings nostalgia, reflection, and sometimes a bit of “where did the time go?” Certainly when I turned 50 myself, that was...
by Roger Balettie | Sep 23, 2021 | NASA, Space
13 Minutes to the Moon In an excellent combination of my personal history and passion for space exploration as well as my Anglophile travel leanings, my dear friend John sent me a link to a BBC audio podcast that he had been enjoying. “13 Minutes to the...
by Roger Balettie | Apr 12, 2021 | NASA, Personal, Space
Countdown It’s been 40 years… and the experience still feels like glimpsing the future. April 12, 1981 Columbia sits on launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center ready to lift off on the first flight of the Space Shuttle Program. I was in absolute...
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