Nov 22

Space Rocket History #452 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Full Speed Ahead

In April of 1972, George Low returned to Washington from Moscow and briefed Henry Kissinger. He conveyed NASA’s assessment that a joint space mission in 1975 was feasible.

Nixon-Kosygin Summit

Soviet 2/5 Scale Model of ASTP Docking System

Apollo Communications Links

Jan 12

Space Rocket History #380 – Apollo 17 – The Finale

The Apollo 17 mission was the most productive and trouble-free piloted mission to the moon and represented the culmination of continual advancements in hardware, procedures, training, planning, operations, and scientific experiments.

Ron Evan’s Spacewalk

Three Good Chutes

Aboard Ticonderoga

Dec 22

Space Rocket History #379 – Apollo 17 – Lunar Lift off, Docking & Orbital Science

At 4:56 Houston time, Gene rested the tip of his left index finger on the yellow ignition button.

Lunar Lift-off

The Landing Site

Sulpicius Gallus

 

Dec 08

Space Rocket History #378 – Apollo 17 – Moonwalk 3 – The Last Steps on the Moon

“As we leave the Moon and Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo Seventeen.” – Gene Cernan’s final words from the surface of the Moon.

Split Boulder

Moon Rock at the Smithsonian

EVA Close-out