After watching the new astronaut selection- very capable individuals- I was reminded of my post about a year ago - the sentiment applies here. waynehale.wordpress.com/2023/04/12/d...

Magnificent pre-dawn pass of the ISS over Colorado just now. Close by Saturn, Moon, Jupiter, & Venus Wish more people would look up and see it

Ya can’t fool Mother Nature

Just so you can remember I said it before: waynehale.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/w....

In the Star Trek canon - DS9 - are we at the Bell Riots in Los Angeles?

And just like that, it is 1968 again

This is the saddest news of the day. Marc was absolutely the best and I will miss him

Time to bring out an oldie that once again is relevant: waynehale.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/s... “meanwhile, could we please quit cancelling rocket projects before they get off the drawing board?”

Glorious high elevation ISS pass during the middle of the high school graduation ceremony for my granddaughter. Glad for a beautiful evening!

Re - reading my Heinlein. From the notebooks of Lazarus Long, this wisdom: “You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.” “You live and learn. Or you don’t live long.”

Spurious talk: Houston getting a shuttle or NASA HQ. JSC deteriorating with the proposed federal budget. I expect to get a 'smoky bear' hat to wear giving tours at the JSC Historical Site when NPS service takes over. Because Houston just doesn't care. waynehale.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/w...

New blog post - something different: waynehale.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/r...

Proud Purdue Alum cheering the Boilermakers to victory over University of Houston cougars

I got one this week!

Another awe inspiring ISS pass over the northern Colorado Rockies. Reaching the terminator the station disappeared in the bowl of the Big Dipper. Much more spectacular at bortle 3 than in Houston at Bortle 7 or 8

Today I’d like to celebrate the safe return of Nick Hague the Crew-9 Commander. He just spent 6 1/2 months at the ISS as part of Expedition 72. Nick survived a hair raising launch abort on Soyuz and still has the courage to ride a rocket into space. Hero.

Beautiful high elevation ISS pass in clear skies over Houston just now. Humanity’s tenuous toe hold in the universe. Why would we ever give it up.

I am off hiking the pilgrimage way, the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Rarely have WiFi, never have television. Occasionally check in with the home folks over the internet. Silence is a great thing. Contemplation is a great thing. Getting out of the continuous babel is a great thing.

February First again. It’s been twenty two years: waynehale.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/a...

Thinking about accident investigations and how important it is to not jump to conclusions right away: waynehale.wordpress.com/2016/10/01/a...

A letter from the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. “I never thought I would live in a time when the United States government would censure a bishop, jeopardize religious free speech, or threaten to take people while they attend worship.” ⚓️

Playoff Sunday? Here is what I am thinking about: blogs.nasa.gov/waynehalesbl...

NASA has designated today as 'Remembrance Day' You can read my thoughts about it here: waynehale.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/r... waynehale.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/f... waynehale.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/b... waynehale.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/a...

Attended a lovely ceremony at JSC honoring Frank Borman. Saw many old colleagues. Great speakers including Jim Lovell’s son, Fred Haise, and Harrison Schmidt

It’s a big day in space! Congratulations to Blue Origin on the successful first flight of New Glenn! Good luck to SpaceX on the upcoming Starship mission Wow to Suni and Nick on their EVA at ISS today But my thoughts are on this day 22 years ago: waynehale.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/a...

Trying to read the tea leaves for the future is difficult. Lots of rhetoric out there. It may be that Artemis II never flies. That would be a shame. But it’s taking too long.

I think Jared Isaacman is an interesting pick for NASA Administrator. Unfortunately he will probably be very frustrated in that role. Like most of his predecessors

My first post on Blue Sky. I am weary of all the noise on that other platform, formerly known as twitter. Hope it’s better here