For one thing, Jim Gallivan at Corralitos captured the Apollo 13 explosion in real time, and published this image in Sky & Telescope at the time: Everything in space is in orbit around something. read more
For one thing, Jim Gallivan at Corralitos captured the Apollo 13 explosion in real time, and published this image in Sky & Telescope at the time: Everything in space is in orbit around something. The spreading debris cloud, seen through telescopes by Gallivan and thousands of others at the time, could only have been in the orbit published by Nasa. read more
Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA's third moon-landing mission. Instead, in an instant, the spacecraft pivoted from a moon-bound landing unit to a crippled vessel. The spaceflight stands today as a demonstration of NASA innovation saving lives on the fly, and vividly illustrates the dangers of working in space as well. read more