This Day in Spaceflight History

[benzman]

I well remember the excitement that this mission caused at the time.  There are SOME advantages to being this old!  Apollo 8 seemed to demonstrate our apparent  ability  to build a spacecraft and fly it to wherever we pleased.  Long-gone,  happy,  innocent,  deluded days.

You may be interested to read this article from yesterday's Australian news service:=

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-21/apollo-8-nasa-mission-to-the-moon-insiders-reflect-50-years-on/10135856

 

[PakledHostage]

Apollo 10 launched 50 years ago today. They were at about T-90 minutes, a half century ago, as of this writing.

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_10i_Timeline.htm

 

Edited May 18, 2019 by PakledHostage

[DDE]

IT’S ALIVE!

[Ho Lam Kerman]

I think you use Astronautix.

Extremely detailed today in spaceflight history timeline.

[PakledHostage]

The Apollo 10 LM did its landing "dress rehearsal" low pass 50 years ago today. "Snoopy" undocked from "Charlie Brown" in about 45 minutes, a half century ago, as of this writing.

The LM's rapid roll anomaly happened about 4.5 hours later at about 23:33 UTC.

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_10i_Timeline.htm