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Space History | 1973-05-25 | First Skylab Crew Launched

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Space Race Leadership

May 25, 1973 – First crew to Skylab are launched, repairing damage incurred to Skylab during its launch (the Skylab Orbital Laboratory was launched on May 14, 1973). The Skylab II (the first manned mission to Skylab, also called SL-2) … Continue reading →

Space History | 1961-05-25 | Kennedy’s Vision: The Moon

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Space Race Leadership

May 25, 1961 – Washington, D.C. – In a speech to a joint session of Congress, John F. Kennedy outlines his vision for American Human Spaceflight, and gives us a goal – that before this decade is out, to land … Continue reading →

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Space History 1970-04-11 – Launch of Apollo 13, and Overcoming Overwhelm

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Space Race Leadership

April 11, 1970 – Apollo 13 is launched from Kennedy Space Center with the crew of James A. Lovell, Jr. (CDR), John L. Swigert, Jr. (CMP) and Fred W. Haise, Jr. (LMP). The Moon landing mission was aborted during trans-lunar cruise … Continue reading →

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Texas Man Buys NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Space Race Leadership

As crazy as that headline looks, we may be reading something like it soon after the Shuttle Program ends. The facilities may not be for sale, but just this week I saw that NASA’s Kennedy Space Center facilities may become … Continue reading →

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Space History – Abandon In Place – Apollo 1

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Space Race Leadership

January 27, 1967 Cape Canaveral Florida, Launch Complex 34 – The Apollo 1 Fire The plan was to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the Earth before the sixties ended – and we were well … Continue reading →

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Space History – First Humans to see Lunar Farside

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Space Race Leadership

Cape Canaveral, Dec 21 1968 – Apollo 8 launched from Space Launch Complex 39 on this day in Space History, and was a pivotal mission in the race to place the first man on the Moon. The previous mission – … Continue reading →