From Elvis to NASA: Reliving unique childhood memories with The Fahertys
There are memories that you hold dear to your heart, knowing you'll never experience those often simple moments again. Change ...
Remembering Wisconsin Astronaut Laurel Clark’s Interstellar Dreams
Astronaut Laurel Clark’s life ended abruptly on February 1, 2003, when the space shuttle Columbia exploded near the end of ...
Deke Slayton, Wisconsin Native and Space Pioneer
Deke Slayton had the heart of a warrior. The native of Sparta was just 19 when he earned his pilot’s ...
When The Russians Invaded Wisconsin
The launch of Sputnik by the Soviets in 1957 ushered in the Space Age and ramped up fears in the ...
Jim Lovell’s Wisconsin Roots
Growing up in the 1960s meant idolizing United States astronauts. In elementary school, we made scrapbooks of the Mercury 7 ...
A Wisconsin Astronaut Returns Home
Monday marks the anniversary of the first moon landing. Many of us have since dreamed of boldly going where few ...
Monico Man Builds His Own Planetarium In Northern Wisconsin
Frank Kovac loved to take groups outdoors to lead astronomy tours of the northwoods skies– but hated to have those ...