One Giant Leap for Mankind

July 16th, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon. It landed on the moon 4 days later.   The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and , Edwin \”Buzz\” E. Aldrin Jr., at 9:32 a.m.

…should\’ve been a librarian

Anyone seen the new Star Trek movie?

Fiftieth Anniversary of Sputnik launch

Sputnik and The Dawn of the Space Age\”History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world\’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the