by Michelle Hanlon | Aug 8, 2020 | Blog
It requires no appropriation. It poses no burden to taxpayers. It does not threaten privacy, national security, public health or the environment. Quite the opposite. H.R. 3766, the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act, is, as its name suggests, a...
by Michelle Hanlon | Nov 16, 2019 | Blog
There are few people in the international space community who cannot recite at least part of President John F. Kennedy’s iconic speech at Rice University. On September 12, 1962 – three years to the day after the Soviet Union launched Luna 2, the first human object to...
by Michelle Hanlon | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog
As amazing as it sounds, only 66 years separate first flight from first human Moon landing. Fifty years ago today, the Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. The purpose of the...
by Michelle Hanlon | Dec 27, 2018 | Blog
The spacecraft came down in darkness on Friday, 27 December 1968. Six days, three hours, and 42 seconds after launch. Because it flipped over on its nose as it landed, recovery helicopters were unable to see the flashing light beacon until Frank Borman punched the...
by Michelle Hanlon | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog
On December 19, 1972, the last humans to reach the Moon returned to Earth. The splashdown of Apollo 17, beautifully filmed with the US aircraft carrier Ticonderoga in the background, looked, as one commentator noted “almost casual.” Casual. It took only six crewed...
by Michelle Hanlon | Dec 9, 2018 | Blog
Between 1957 and 1975, the international community dedicated a tremendous amount of time and effort to negotiating a set of treaties and conventions that would, it was hoped, prevent the militarization of space and ensure freedom of access and exploration for all...
