shuttle

Famous for not only being the command module pilot for Apollo 16 and two early Shuttle missions, being unlucky/lucky enough to get pulled from the crew of Apollo 13 just three days before launch. Of course, nobody ever made a movie about Apollo 16. RIP to a steely-eyed missileman. Astronaut...

Bitterly cold night. NASA Select was showing icicles on the pad. WMEL news director Don Germaise and I debated whether we should even waste the drive to the Cape because we were certain NASA would scrub. All I had was a lined wind breaker and a thin sweater. I was 27. It was one day after the...