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Living With an American Hero

Robert Brand — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:48:58 +0000

Living With an American Hero –I Called him Daddy. A real life story by Jan Irwin-Ewing. Jan Irwin-Ewing,daughter of the late Apollo 15 Astronaut James Irwin,has been kind enough to allow Echoes of Apollo to publish this short story about living with an American Hero. Jan we thank you for the privilege of allowing us to tell this small part of your story. [...]

MissionClock and Apollo 13

Robert Brand — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:18:43 +0000

Apollo 13 Re-enactment on iPhone “MissionClock”

Mission Clock and Echoes of Apollo announce collaboration on Apollo 13 re-enactment on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13′s historic flight.

Mission Clock is an amazing application for iPhone and other Apple units that support the app. and is available for a small fee on iTunes. Click [...]

Apollo Moon Crew Photos

Robert Brand — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:48:09 +0000

Moon Mission Crew Photos

Today we celebrate the brave crews of the Apollo moon missions and especially remember the ultimate sacrifices made due to the “Apollo 1″ fire.

Apollo 1

Apollo 1 is the name the Apollo mission that never flew. The command module was destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, [...]

World Moon Bounce Day Announced

Robert Brand — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:38:22 +0000

World Moon Bounce Day 2010 April 17th

Echoes of apollo are proud to announce the date of World Moon Bounce Day 2010. It is set to coincid with the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13′s return to earth and is scheduled for April 17th. Details are on our website at http://echoesofapollo.com/moon-bounce/

In [...]

Stan Lebar Tribute

Robert Brand — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:29:24 +0000

Stan Lebar and Apollo camera

Stan Lebar Tribute Video from the Honeysuckle Creek Team

Stan Lebar, 1925 – 2009, served as Program Manager for the Westinghouse Apollo TV Camera Program.

His team built the first colour TV camera to be used in space, on Apollo 10. Cameras were also [...]

Latest Space News 2009-12-21

Robert Brand — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:07:21 +0000

Latest Space News 2009-12-21 *Delivered Daily!

Special Feature – STARWALKER TV Interview

STARWALKER TV SHOW – Video – Dec 10th 2009 Become a STARWALKER. This video was from an interview on the Seven Network in Sydney Australia last week. Some new information about entering the show.

Space News:

Green meteor [...]

Apollo Non-Trivia.

Robert Brand — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:46:30 +0000

Apollo Mission Facts.

Of course these facts are anything but trivial. They are a collection of random things that I have not published before – well most of them. Almost all of them were crucial components for a successful mission. Learn more about the can-do attitude that got the first humans to the [...]

Apollo’s Re-entry Window

Robert Brand — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:03:25 +0000

Apollo Reentry Topic Heats Up

Recently we published a reader’s question about the returning Apollo space craft. Click here to read.

Our good friend John Sullivan commented: Wow that was GREAT stuff! The actual re-entry plane of Apollo was about 5 degrees, I think, as opposed to 0.5 degrees of the [...]

A Reader Asks about Apollo

Robert Brand — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:17:24 +0000

A Reader’s Questions about going to the Moon

One of our great Facebook friends, student Zeynep Tasci from Budapest Hungary asked:

“Why didn’t NASA have any spaceflight program to Moon after the Apollo program?”

EOA: Money – they achieved their goal of beating the USSR to the moon and [...]

Apollo 14 Saturn IV-B Impact Site

Robert Brand — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:27:48 +0000

LCROSS was Not the First to Hit the Moon

You may be forgiven if you thought that the picture on the right was from LCROSS mission and dual impacts, but you would be wrong. Nor is it the impact of the sled used in the fun movie “Space Cowboys”. The image is from [...]

Moon Dust – 40 Years Ago and Today

Robert Brand — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:42:24 +0000

Apollo 12 Moon Dust Experiements

NOTE, this post has some errors and needs to be read with that in mind. I believe that they are especially in the NASA content. Please note the letter from Prof Brian O’Brien at the end of this post.

Moon Dust – it is a crucial part of what we [...]

Apollo 12 -40 years Ago Today – Splashdown!

Robert Brand — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:30:26 +0000

Apollo 12 Returns – T minus 40 Years

Despite the lightning strike that may have caused problems with the parachute, the Command Module Yankee Clipper returned to Earth on November 24, 1969, at 20:58 UTC (3:58pm EST, 10:58am HST), approximately 500 miles (800 km) east of American Samoa. Apart from the lightning strike during [...]

Apollo 12 40 years ago Today

Robert Brand — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:17:51 +0000

The Earth Grows Large.

After a three day trip, the earth looks mighty inviting and very, very big. The astronauts would be starting their preparations for reentry and a safe splashdown. So far the mission has been pretty flawless with only about one day left. The astronauts had a possible problem with their [...]

Apollo 12 – 40 Years Ago

Robert Brand — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:21:05 +0000

One Day left Before Landing on the Moon

To the Apollo 12 crew the moon was looking very big about now, 40 years ago. The crew was readying itself for the vital burn to slow down their craft and place it in a lunar orbit. This would happen on the far side of the moon [...]

Apollo 12 + 40 years – Today

Robert Brand — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:06:30 +0000

What were Apollo 12 Astronauts doing 40 years Ago Today?

They were well on their way to the moon. It did not take long after entering orbit for the crew to do a systems check following the failures from the lightning strikes during launch. All systems were okay and they soon after fired [...]

A12+40 Years

Robert Brand — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:53:01 +0000

Today we Celebrate the Launch of Apollo 12, 40 years Ago

Apollo 12 was launched 4 months after Apollo 11 on November 14, 1969 and was the second Apollo mission to land on the moon. It was the 6th manned flight of the Apollo missions. Charles “Pete” Conrad was the commander. On the [...]