Amazing Encounters: Apollo 13’s Jim Lovell
Captain James “Jim” Lovell, a veteran of four space flights, was part the Apollo crew that flew closer to the Sun than […]
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Amazing Encounters – Apollo 13’s Fred Haise
You’ve seen the film, you know the dramatic story, but meeting one of the members of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission is […]
Ken Mattingly – Apollo’s humble hero
“I would encourage you to understand that the people that made Apollo happen, are not here” says Ken Mattingly, self-effacingly. “There wasn’t […]
Space Lectures: Apollo 12’s Alan Bean, in his own words
Captain Alan Bean was the fourth of only 12 men ever to walk on the Moon. I was lucky enough to hear […]
Dinner with Apollo12 Astronaut Alan Bean
It’s Friday 11th October, 2013. I’m aching from a five and a half hour car journey from central London to Pontefract, but […]
Amazing Encounters: Apollo 16’s Charlie Duke
Until last Saturday, the only thing that I associated with Pontefract in West Yorkshire, was the bitter liquorice “Pontefract cakes” that my […]