Tag Archives: Moon

Apollo 11 (Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins & Kranz) – Tough and Competent

18 July, 2019 · by · in Back Stories, Leadership, News, space, Teamwork, Technical, Training · Leave a comment

From FLY-theBook.com Apollo 11 50 years ago today, as Apollo 11 completed its Trans Lunar Injection burn to accelerate and position into a Free Return Trajectory on the way to the moon, it’s worth remembering how long and fragile the early chain of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo operations were and how, if the culture […]

Rest In Peace – Gene Cernan

18 January, 2017 · by · in News, Personal · 2 Comments

I am very sad to hear of Gene Cernan‘s passing. Gene was the last of the (just) twelve humans that walked on the moon.. He was also a close friend of Neil Armstrong. Coral and I attended Neil Armstrong’s memorial service on 13 Sep 2012 at the National Cathedral in Washington where Gene presented Neil’s […]

Buzz Aldrin in Australia

8 October, 2016 · by · in Back Stories · Leave a comment

Buzz Aldrin visited Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra in November as the guest of “National Geographic Live”. Mars is no longer Science fiction.… it’s now science fact (Ron Howard) Jason Crusan, Dr Katherine Mack, Prof Mark McCaughrean, Ray Martin and Buzz prior to the Canberra performance 7th November 2016. During the evening: Ray Martin interviewed Buzz Aldrin […]