Happy 52nd Anniversary To Frank And Jim- The Greatest Space Duo Of All Time

The Gemini 7 crew and their sons watch TV together, November 1965.

I like to think that Ralph Morse was feeling burnt out and was too tired to stage elaborate photosets such as fence-building or pool parties. “You kids just sit there and watch TV, OK? I’m gonna go smoke a cigarette.”

January 27th, 1967 – 1 p.m.

John and company during post-flight parades (Gemini 3, Apollo 10, & STS-1)

Doesn’t seem too impressed in the second one…….

A commission for @cosmo-naute of the crew of the Voskhod 1! From left to right: Boris Yegorov, Vladimir Komarov, and Konstantin Feoktistov. Thank you so much for commissioning me!! <33

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New Nine astronauts during desert survival training in Nevada, 1963. At the top, the astronauts listen to a lecture; at bottom, the astronauts practice signaling for safety.

Happy birthday to Walter Marty “Wally” Schirra Jr. (March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007)!

“You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.” -Walter Schirra, Sr. on his son Wally, 1962

Since I was out of town and couldn’t make a post on the 2nd, here’s a happy belated birthday to Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999), one of my absolute favorite people in the entire world. Pete was a brilliant engineer, a naval aviator, test pilot, part of the second group of NASA astronauts, and the third human to walk on the moon.

He worked harder than most people can imagine to overcome the obstacles that stood in the way of his dreams, though you’d hardly notice because he did it all with a gap-toothed smile. I’ll never forget the sound of him laughing all the way into orbit during Apollo 12. I still miss him like hell and I wish I had had the chance to tell him in person that he’s my hero, but I take comfort in the fact that Petey had more fun in his short 69 years than most people could have in 100.

Happy birthday, Tweety. Love ya more than you know.

Me imagine a young Neil at Purdue with his baritone horn

Naval aviator Neil