Badges Jim McDivitt’s Apollo 14 LRL badge October 14, 2025 Jim McDivitt, who was Commander of Apollo 9, became Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program in August 1969. He was the program manager...

Astronauts Weekend with Apollo astronauts and a shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center October 14, 2025 This past weekend I had a chance to attend an Apollo astronaut event and to see the launch of...

Apollo Artifacts Blog The first human stepped foot on the moon in July 1969. Since then, only 12 men have walked on the moon’s surface in a hectic several years and we haven’t been back in...

Apollo 13 Apollo Command Module Main Control Panel 2F January 4, 2015 This CM Panel 2F controls the Cryogenics and Environmental System controls and is positioned in front of the CM pilot and LM...

Apollo 11 My selfie with Neil Armstrong November 3, 2013 At the Apollo 13 40th anniversary celebration at The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, I had an opportunity to meet and share a few words...

About the Author Growing up in America in the 1960s, the excitement of space exploration was everywhere. As kids, we’d be glued to the TV as launches from Kennedy Space Center and splashdowns...