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October 11, 1968 – Apollo 7 blasts off from Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral, carrying Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham on a mission to qualify the spacecraft for the half-million-mile round trip to the Moon. 

A Deeper Understanding: Dawn Reaches Third Science Orbit, Shows Closest View of Ceres Yet

From NASA/JPL: “The Lonely Mountain: NASA’s Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres from a distance of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). The mountain, located in the southern hemisphere, stands 4 miles (6 kilometers) high. Its perimeter is sharply defined, with almost no accumulated debris at the base of the brightly streaked slope.” This image was taken August 19. Image Credit:…

Florida Institute of Technology to Form Buzz Aldrin Space Institute, As Aldrin Says ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’

Dr. Buzz Aldrin can now add professor and institute namesake to his many different “hats.” Photo Credit: James O. Davies. Astronaut, explorer, rocket scientist, American hero, and tireless STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) advocate – these are just a few things that can describe Dr. Buzz Aldrin, second moonwalker and one of the world’s most visible space travelers.…