The launch of a Soyuz rocket, now responsible for taking America’s astronauts to the International Space Station, which has been flying for nearly fifty years!
Gus Grissom
Gus Grissom. Truly one of the pioneers of space flight, becoming one of NASA’s earliest astronauts in the programme, and the USA’s second man in flight. He discovered many new ways of living, and working in space.
However, from early on, he wasn’t blessed with luck.
In Liberty Bell 7, after landing in the ocean, his space capsule began to flood as the hatch blew open, with water rushing in. Grissom was lucky; he had unwittingly decided to detach himself from his harness, otherwise he may have drowned. He was rescued minutes later.
In Gemini 3; more water problems. The capsule landed over 50 miles off course, and had to wait half an hour to be rescued, and unfortunately for Grissom, he was severely seasick
Apollo 1 was the first of America’s strides to the moon. But, on Janurary 27th, a fire broke out in the capsule before takeoff. All three astronauts, including Grissom died.
We thank you Gus, and we hope you rest in peace.
Apollo 12 Pacific Recovery by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.
“The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12 launched on November 14, 1969. Lunar soil activities included the deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), finding the unmanned Surveyor 3 that landed on the Moon on April 19, 1967, and collecting 75 pounds (34 kilograms) of rock samples. Apollo 12 safely returned to Earth on November 24, 1969.”
(Source: aestivalism)
OMG SPACE is a project by designer Margot Trudell ”to communicate to people what we’ve managed to accomplish in space exploration in simple terms”.
View all (ready to print) planet infographics at silent-t.com/projects/omgspace
via omgspace.net
What should NASA do next?
After cancelling the Space Shuttle missions and ending the proposed missions to the moon, NASA has refocused its priorities from manned space flight, to exploration using satellites, or exploration vehicles like the Mars Rover.
Is this what you think NASA should be focusing on, or would you rather see a return to the moon, more manned missions; back to the heyday of the ’60s and ’70s? With other countries, like China, India, and Japan proposing more and more manned missions, should NASA do the same; or are the financial difficulties of this more important.
Leave opinions below, or in the ask box!
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” - John F. Kennedy
Words which will be remembered forever.
Flying Over the Earth at Night
Video Credit: Gateway to Astronaut Photography, NASA ; Compilation: Bitmeizer (YouTube);
Music: Freedom Fighters (Two Steps from Hell)LOVE this score. Beautiful.
You just have to think, how beautiful our planet is. Teeming with life, gigantic and towering civilizations, and always striving for a better world.
(Source: apod.nasa.gov)
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