by Sandy Eulitt | May 15, 2016 | Manned Spaceflight, Space History and People, Space News, Special Events
Since my responsibilities teaching astronomy at Saddleback College prevented me from visiting Los Angeles to see Space Shuttle Endeavour make her way through the streets, I am planning to see this last remaining External Fuel Tank make a similar trip. Anyone want to...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jun 1, 2015 | Manned Spaceflight, Regional Events, San Diego Astronomy, Space History and People, Special Events
Well, isn’t this cool? And, since I missed watching Endeavour navigate the streets of LA in Oct., 2012, I will have to prioritize seeing the external fuel tank’s trek sometime early next year. I have always wanted to see one of these tanks up close. I saw...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jul 29, 2013 | Space History and People, Space News
While Buzz Aldrin was in South Orange County, California last week for the 44th anniversary of the Moon landing, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, “revealed that one of the mighty engines he recovered from the oceans earlier this year is from the Apollo 11 mission.”...