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Apollo astronauts Edgar Mitchell and Walt Cunningham were among the special guests on Monday, April 7 when LAUNCH Magazine presented the New York screening of The Wonder of It All, a documentary about the Moon landings. Also on hand was the film’s director, Jeffrey Roth, and Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon.
They were joined by 350 people at The Picture House in Westchester County, New York, just north of Manhattan. A reception preceded the screening and a question-and-answer session followed it.
Mitchell, who flew on Apollo 14, is one of only 12 people to have ever walked on the Moon. Cunningham was on the crew of the first Apollo mission to space, Apollo 7.
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May/June LAUNCH Coming Soon |
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 SpaceX founder Elon Musk takes center stage in an exclusive interview with LAUNCH Magazine in the upcoming May/June issue. With his company already scheduled to fly unmanned resupply missions to the International Space Station after NASA’s shuttle fleet is retired, Musk tells LAUNCH that SpaceX is determined to ferry human crews there as well. SpaceX’s plans could solve the coming gap in which NASA may be forced to pay Russia to transport American crews to the ISS after the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010. "This is really something that should be brought to the attention of the American people because I don't think most people realize that there is this problem,” Musk tells LAUNCH.
In a separate feature, writer Ted Spitzmiller looks back at the success and failures of the shuttle program while contributing editor Ben Bova examines the growing concern over the militarization of space. And LAUNCH continues it signature interview format with an in-depth question-and-answer feature with Quest Aerospace owner Bill Stine, who discusses his firm’s strategy to reach a new generation of model rocketeers. Stine looks back on the legacy of his father, G. Harry Stine, founder of the National Association of Rocketry. LAUNCH’s own expert space modeler, Mario Perdue, turns his attention to NASA’s next generation rockets—Ares I and Ares V. Perdue builds 1/70th-scale, flying versions of both vehicles. Look for all of this, and much more, in the May/June issue of LAUNCH. Coming Soon! |
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Latest Issue of Ad Astra Published This Week |
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NEW YORK—The Summer 2008 issue of Ad Astra, the official magazine of the National Space Society, will be mailed to the more than 15,000 NSS members beginning late this week. The issue, the second one edited and published by MM Publishing Inc., includes an in-depth report on the reasons NASA is returning to the Moon—and what will be needed to maintain a permanent base there. Also included: A preview of the NSS’s annual International Space Development Conference, scheduled May 29-June 1 in Washington, D.C.; a tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke; and an overview of recent developments in the commercial space industry.
MM Publishing, owners of LAUNCH Magazine, took over the editing and publishing duties of Ad Astra earlier this year. The company immediately redesigned the magazine, increased the number of pages in each issue from 48 to 68 pages, and dramatically upgraded the publication’s paper stock.
To receive a copy of the magazine, published quarterly, please join the NSS at nss.org. |
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