Category Archives: Apollo

Friday / 22 Jan 2021

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Biden-Harris Administration Start Term With Apollo / Artemis Invocations, Moon Rock, NASA Appointments

New USA Leaders Signal Awareness Of Transcendent / Unifying Nature Of Lunar Exploration, In First Formal Address To Country As Vice President, Kamala Harris Declares “We Shoot For the Moon, Then We Plant A Flag In It”; President Joseph Biden Reportedly Places Lunar Sample In Oval Office Adjacent To Benjamin Franklin Portrait; NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk / Senior White House Appointee Bhavya Lal Announce Appointments; SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell Muses Artemis Human Return To Moon Realistic Timeline “Slightly Later Than 2024” Per SpaceNews

Credits: NASA, Youtube

Friday / 18 Sep 2020

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Artemis 2024 Human Mission: Moon South Pole vs Equatorial Landing Site Speculation 

Target Of First Crewed Lunar Mission Of 21st Century, Artemis 3, Called Into Question At Lunar Exploration Analysis Group Online Meeting; Focus For Sustainable Occupation Has Been On Polar Region Since 2008 ISRO Chandrayaan-1 Confirmation Of Water Ice; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Says “Inspiration Of Going Back To An Original Apollo Site Would Be Pretty Amazing” While HEOMD Administrator Kathy Lueders Comments “We’re Looking At Different Ways To Get More Communities To Participate In That [Landing Location] Decision”; Equatorial Landings Require Less Fuel / Technical Challenge

Credits: NASA / LRO

Tuesday / 30 June 2020

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SpaceMonth July 2020: Moon, Mars, Galaxy Stars Provide Stronger, Transcending Reality Over Covid Alien Virus

July Is De Facto Space Month, Starting With Canada, USA Founding Celebration On 1st And 4th; 14 July Starts Month-long Mars Launch Window For UAE-Japan HOPE, USA Endeavor, PRC Tianwen-1; 51st Observation Of Apollo 11 Moon Launch, Landing And Return 16, 20, 24 July Respectively; Space Exploration Day 20 July Marks Humankind Beginning As Multi World Species With 1st Human Landing On Another World, 1969 Luna, 1st USA Robotic Landing On Another Planet, 1976 Mars; Advances In Biomedical Sciences Inexorably Linked To Space Travel Technology

Credits: UAESA, CNSA, NASA, KSC

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 10-13 Apr 2020

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3rd ‘Breakfast On The Moon’ Live Stream Features Jim And Marilyn Lovell

Astronaut James Lovell To Speak Via Zoom At National Space Society Hosted Virtual Gathering; Lovell Will Likely Speak On Experience Of 1st Human Moon Orbit Mission Apollo 8, Commanding The Dramatic Apollo 13 Mission, And Near Term Prospects Of Human Return To Moon / Artemis 2024-25; Janet Ivey, Fred Becker, Anita Gale, William Johnston Also To Give Talks; Online ‘Celebration’ Recognizes 1st Human Spaceflight Of Yuri Gagarin, Space Shuttle Columbia, Hubble Anniversaries; ‘Breakfast’ Can Be Joined At Sacramento L5 Society YouTube Channel 11 April, 0700-0900 PDT


Credits: CAST, NASA, NSS, US VA, SPC, ILOA

 

Monday-Tuesday / 20-21 January 2020

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Buzz Aldrin Begins 10th Decade

Buzz Aldrin (UL) Passes 90th Birthday Following 2019 50th-Year Observations Of Apollo 11; One Of First Two Men And Four Surviving Humans Who Have Walked On Lunar Surface Eagerly Awaits New Missions; Aldrin Is Joined On Earth By Dave Scott Of Apollo 15 (UR), Charles Duke Of Apollo 16 (LL)  and Harrison Schmitt Of Apollo 17 (LR); Eight Other Men Survive Who Have Piloted The Apollo Command Module Around Moon; All Look Forward To Seeing Future Moonwalkers In Lunar Decade Of 2020s

Credits: NASA

Tuesday / 2 July 2019

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Buzz Aldrin Pivots Support Toward Moon Before Mars 

Buzz Aldrin, On Eve Of July Apollo 11 Observations, Says Stephen Hawking Convinced Him That Humans Should Return To Moon First; At Starmus V Festival In Zurich With Theme ‘A Giant Leap’ Aldrin Receives Stephen Hawking Medal For Lifetime Achievement, Recalls Visit To Cambridge UK And Late Physicist Tapping Out ‘Moon First’ On Computer; Aldrin Will Land In Luxembourg For USA Independence Day, Hopes That Costs Of Lunar Return Will Be Shared By International Partners

Credits: Starmus Festival, NASA

 

Friday / 28 June 2019

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Air And Space Museum Destination Moon Exhibit Opening 2022

Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum, Holding ‘First Moon Landing’ Celebration 16-20 July, Will Open ‘Destination Moon’ Exhibit In 2022 Midst Of Artemis Era; Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit On Display For First Time In 13 Years Thanks To Crowdfunded Restoration; Destination Moon, Product Of US$1B Museum Renovation, Will Include Armstrong Spacesuit And Columbia Spacecraft; Travelling Smithsonian Destination Moon Exhibit At Seattle Museum Of Flight Until 2 Sep, Will Reopen At Cincinnati Museum Center 28 Sep

Credits: National Air and Space Museum, NASA

Tuesday / 25 June 2019

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Three Apollo Astronauts Say They Support Artemis Return To The Moon

At Cradle Of Aviation Museum In Long Island, 3 Apollo Astronauts Endorse Artemis Plan For Returning Humans To Moon; Rusty Schweickart Of Apollo 9 Supports Real And Resurgent Moon Program; Charlie Duke (R) Of Apollo 16 Is “All For It” And Excited For Artemis; Harrison Schmitt (L) Of Apollo 17 Expressed Concerns About Funding, Says That Engineering Lunar Hardware Is Full Of Surprises, Wants An “Apollo Management” Environment, Says Young People Are Essential, And Wishes NASA Good Luck

Credits: NASA, Cradle of Aviation Museum

Friday / 21 June 2019

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JFK Space Summit Looks To Future Lunar Missions And Why “We Choose To Go To The Moon”

Summit At John F. Kennedy Library In Boston MA Features Caroline Kennedy, Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins, Astronauts Ellen Ochoa, Chris Cassidy, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Koichi Wakata, Paolo Nespoli, Oleg Kotov, And Jeff Bezos Of Blue Origin; USA Celebrating Apollo@50 Hopes To Land 1st Women At Moon South Pole 2024; Lunar Base Will Advance Science, Secure Resources & Support Long-Term Survival Of Species; Bezos States ‘We Need To Go To Space, It’s Not Optional’, Has Vision Of Trillions Living & Working In Space And Moving Heavy Industry Off Earth

Credits: J.F.K. Library, NASA

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 17-20 May 2019

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Apollo 10: Fifty Years Downrange With Aquarius Age Rising — First Women Soon To South Pole Moon

USA Artemis Program, Named For Apollo’s Twin Sister, Works To Land First Women At Moon South Pole ASAP, By 2024; Commitment To Appropriate Federal Funding Of 1% Could Double NASA Budget With Little Effect On DoD – Advancing Celestial Aspirations Of Apollo Missions In The Spirit Of ‘In Peace For All’ And Aquarius Age Consciousness Of 1960s; NASA Announces 11 Companies Chosen For Human Lander Prototypes, Plans Scaled-Back Lunar Gateway & Sustainable International Moon Base

Credits: NASA, SPC, ILOA