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 15, 2015 | Manned Spaceflight, Regional Events, Space History and People, Special Events
Congratulations James Lovell!!!! I had the very great honor of meeting, and getting a picture with, Mr. Lovell at the San Diego Air and Space Museum 40th anniversary celebration of Apollo 8. He is such a kind and gracious man with his fans. There is a picture of me...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jun 4, 2015 | Commercial Space Program, Manned Spaceflight, Space History and People
For all the things I know about space and astronomy, I did not know this. I knew that the land for Johnson Space Center in Houston was donated by nearby Rice University, but I did not know that Mission Control was just turning 50. I thought it had been around longer...
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 | May 31, 2015 | Manned Spaceflight, Space Societies
Congratulations to all those who participated in this year’s Mars Society Rover Challenge, and those who conduct critical research through the Mars Desert Research Station. Both are important components to solving the problem of humans living on Mars for a long...
by Sandy Eulitt | May 31, 2015 | Manned Spaceflight, Space History and People
This article is really fascinating to me. Honestly, being the serious space buff that I am and having a degree in Space Studies, I thought I knew almost everything about the Apollo program. I loved the video of the core memory they programmed. Of course, I knew that...
