(Credit To Life/Grand Rapids Museum/owners)

Spending this Sunday evening thinking abt how Gus and Deke were best friends, wore matching shirts, built fences and played with bunny rabbits together, flew cross country for fun and played handball and carried bears seven miles through the woods. Deke needed Gus’ help learning to swim, Gus wanted Deke’s help when he almost drowned after Liberty Bell 7, Deke titled his memoir after a Gus-attributed quote in The Right Stuff and also used the same style as Gus’ book title (Gemini! and Deke!). Thinking about these absolute buddies.

(Credit to Getty)

“During one field exercise, Lovell suddenly pretended to be overcome with emotion over geology and the great outdoors. He placed a mountain lily behind his ear, clasped his rock hammer to his breast, and managed a most noble expression.” -Dr. Elbert A. King, Moon Trip

Jim Lovell during a geology field trip in New Mexico, 1964

Neil Armstrong, relaxin’, August 1969. This photoshoot took place a few weeks after Apollo 11 had returned from the moon.

Jon torturing Lando once again 🙊

scott carpenter

Cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Andrian Nikolayev, 1960s

Uku Neil🎶

Happy Shaky Day! Capt. James Arthur Lovell, Jr., born March 25, 1928, turns 92 years old today! Jim was a naval aviator and NASA astronaut who flew in space four times, the first human in history to do so. He’s also an all-around great guy and still going strong! Happy birthday, Jimbo!