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Milt Windler, a NASA flight director who helped save the Apollo 13 crew and later worked on Skylab, the space shuttle's Canadarm, and the ISS, has died at 94.
Paul Graham reflects on the V-2 rocket test of 1942 as the first man-made object to reach space, noting this milestone is rarely discussed. The post references a military history account marking the Peenemünde V-2 launch.
This tweet showcases an interactive 3D simulation of Apollo 11 Mission Control created using Opus 5.5 AI, featuring real NASA audio, synchronized subtitles, and interactive engine elements.
An article explores how Disney's character Ludwig Von Drake was inspired by early Space Age rocket scientists like Wernher von Braun, coinciding with the 65th anniversary of the character's introduction.
NASA commemorates the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by honoring victims, sharing astronaut Frank Culbertson's reflections from space, and highlighting support through science and symbolic flags.
Wally Funk, the last surviving member of the Mercury 13 program and the oldest woman to fly in space, has died at age 87. She was a pioneering aviator and flight instructor who later flew on Blue Origin's New Shepard in 2021.
This article explores the oldest American historical objects flown into space, including a replica of Thomas Jefferson's 1801 Senate manual and a 1777 Washington flag, ultimately identifying a copper spike from the USS Constitution (1787) as the likely oldest artifact.
Reverse engineering of a rare Apollo-era Up-Data Link Confidence Test Set, uncovering its undocumented modules and wiring to recreate an Apollo communications system.