The Vintage Space

The Post-Apollo Human Mission to Venus

In the mid-1960s, NASA began planning its post-lunar landing…

The Slow Demise of the CIA’s A-12

The A-12 was beyond the state of the art of aviation technology…

A New Look At John Glenn

Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War, Jeff Shesol, 2021

An Uncommon Remembrance of Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager is best known as the first person to fly faster…

The “Invisible” U-2 Immediately Became a Political Nightmare

U-2: How the Plane No One Wanted was Built

During the Second World War, the Soviet Union and the…

How Vladimir Komarov Died on Soyuz 1

Vladimir Komarov was a veteran cosmonaut when he launched on…

Why NASA Abandoned the Gemini Rogallo Wing

Splashdowns are iconic, but in the early 1960s, NASA spent…