Twenty years ago this morning, seven astronauts died as the #SpaceShuttle #Columbia (the first real spaceship I saw fly) disintegrated upon re-entry — this is the incredible true story of what might have been

https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/the-audacious-rescue-plan-that-might-have-saved-space-shuttle-columbia/

#STS107 #NASA #LOCV #space #ThisDayInSpace

And then I think about how, 50 years ago today, a few astronauts heading on humanity’s last trip to the #Moon took a photo that inspired a whole new way of thinking about our lives — I truly hope a return to that satellite will offer us a similar sense of interconnection & humility https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-blue-marble-the-view-from-apollo-17

#Apollo17 #ThisDayInSpace #ThisDayInHistory

Thinking about how #Mars will disappear behind the #Moon in a few hour or so /ht @sundogplanets https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/mars-moon-occultation-1.6677281 #occulation #ThisDayInSpace