Ever since I can remember first memories, I have been fascinated with space, the stars, the moon, what was out there. I wanted to be an astronaut since my dad first read the St. Paul, MN, Pioneer Press’s article to me on October 4, 1957, the day the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 1 satellite. I vividly remember my excitement connected to all of these amazing events:
· May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space in Freedom 7 (MR-7)
· February 2, 1962 John Glenn became the American in orbital flight in Mercury-Atlas 6, Friendship 7
· June 3, 1965 Edward White was first American astronaut to walk in space from Gemini 4
· November 11, 1966 Buzz Aldrin walked in space for 5 hours from Gemini 12
· July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made their Apollo 11 moon landing and walk, becoming the first two humans to set foot on another world
· Then on June 18, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American female astronaut in Space Shuttle Challenger STS-2. I was so jealous…
From its beginning as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA); which was a federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research, NASA was created on October 1, 1958 in Huntsville, Alabama. Now I am going to Space Camp there and walk where Wernher von Braun and other amazing people helped us expand our knowledge, wonder, and dreams.
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