In 1969, the St. Regis Hotel in New York City commissioned artist Luman Winter to depict a mural of the great horses of the sun-god Apollo, whose mission was to pull the Chariot of the Sun across the sky.
The Apollo 13 crew asked Winter to design the mission’s insignia based on this 20-by-8 foot mural [...]
May 25, 1961. Your young, modern president has been in office only a few months, and he’s still spouting the same revolutionary ideas from his campaign. By the end of this decade, he says, the United States will put a man on the moon.
Just 20 days ago we saw the first American man get launched [...]
When the Journal’s fine editorial team informed me that this issue would be all about outer space, I realized I had no idea what to write about. Outer space? Well, I’ve never been there, but I’ve heard good things. I haven’t watched Apollo 13 in years, and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial upset me so badly when [...]
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