by Ben | May 26, 2020 | NASA, Press Releases
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. My parents bought me a VHS copy of it for Christmas one year and I watched it probably dozens of times over winter break. Released in 1995 and featuring a great cast of Actors such as Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Bill Paxton, and...
by Ben | May 26, 2020 | NASA, Press Releases
The book by Gene Kranz, best known for being the mission control commander during Apollo 13, published his memior in 2009 and is available in Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle and Audio Book form. It details the career of Gene Kranz from the birth of NASA (and the start of...
by Ben | Apr 11, 2020 | Press Releases
At 2:23 PM, April 11th, 1970 Apollo 11 lifted off from Cape Kennedy Florida. Aside from a Second Stage engine failure during launch, the flight to this point was flawless James A. Lovell., Jack Swigert, Jr. and Fred Haise, . enroute to the NASA Transport Van on their...
by Ben | Apr 6, 2020 | NASA, Press Releases
As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission – which has become known as “a successful failure” that saw the safe return of its crew in spite of a catastrophic explosion – the agency is sharing a variety of resources, recognizing the...
