Space History

During my travels I’ve been fortunate to visit places where important events in the history of spaceflight occurred. I’ve also been fortunate to meet some of the astronauts from the Apollo programme.

Aunt Effy’s Farm, Auburn MA. On this spot Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fuelled rocket.
Escorting a group of school pupils in Washington DC, we met Buzz Aldrin
Pad 34, scene of the Apollo 1 fire
V2 in the Smithsonian Museum
Shuttle parked in the VAB at Kennedy Space Centre
The business end of a Saturn V rocket. Kennedy Space Centre.
Business end of a Saturn V.
USAF Museum, Dayton OH
Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Wapakoneta Ohio
With Al Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut
Al Worden, Apollo 15 Astronaut, at a youth event in Farnborough