Go to Mars - if in Name Only

After six years the Mars rover Spirit while still alive has been trapped in a sand trap named Troy. If the little gal does not get out before the Martian winter sets in – well, it is a sad day for the little bot.  If Spirit is not able to be positioned so the  the  [more]

Christmas Eve 1968

Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to the Moon. It entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968.  Astronauts Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders did a live television broadcast  showing pictures of our Earth and Moon  from Apollo 8.  At the end of their [more]

Space - Spirit - Stem Cells

Ground control to Major Tom: Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong. … This is Major Tom to ground ]control: I’m stepping through the door And I’m floating in the most peculiar way . .. And the stars look very different today Here am I floating round my tin can, far above the moon . … [more]

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