By Tom Jones, Resident Astronaut
The president released his FY 2011 budget Monday, and his policy for NASA’s human spaceflight program sets the nation on a course to second-class status in space. Instead of setting our national sights on the moon, nearby asteroids, or more distant destinations, President Obama is declaring that human spaceflight is unimportant [...]
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit in July 1969. Photograph: NASA/REUTERS
The announcement of an end to immediate ambitions for an American to again reach the moon, on the seventh anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle [...]
By Bob Crippen
On July 20, people around the world celebrated an American triumph. The 40th anniversary of
the Apollo 11 moon landing recalls a period of curiosity, ingenuity and perseverance that
captured the world’s imagination. I was in Houston interviewing with NASA for a spot in the
astronaut corps in 1969 when Neil Armstrong took his first step [...]
