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Braman’s Wanderings
Tag Archives: Space Race
Remembering the Challenger Tragedy
The Challenger Shuttle tragedy happened 34 years ago today. At the time I was in college in Irving, Texas. I can vividly remember going down to the student commons between class and seeing everyone gathered around the TV screen watching … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Memories
Tagged Challenger, Culture, history, memories, NASA, Space Program, Space Race, Space Shuttle, Tragedy, transportation
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59 Years Ago
Did you know that it was 59 years ago today that the Russians launched the first satellite? The satellite was called Sputnik which means ‘Baby Moon’. Four years ago I wrote a post about Sputnik after I ran across some … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Culture, History
Tagged Baby Moon, first hand account, Russia, Satellite, scrapbook, Space, Space Race, Sputnik
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