Entries Categorized as 'NASA'

In Memoriam

Date February 1, 2008

It is hard for me to believe that it is five years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas while making its re-entry on 1 February 2003. I remember that day rather vividly, my father was up at my college for the day to visit. We had just come back from getting [...]

The Six Flights Of Mercury

Date January 14, 2008


NASA: The Programs and the Men who Flew Them

Date January 14, 2008

I can remember the first time I became completely enamoured with space, astronomy, and NASA. I was only 5 years old when I got my first glimpse of Hallie’s Comet. I can remember watching streak across the sky. Since then I never missed a meteor shower, lunar eclipse or solar eclipse. I have one major [...]