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Lunar Golf

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Caryn

Astronauts are normally all business as they prepare for their space flights, but even these professionals have a sense of humor, and on occasion, they have been known to pull a fast one on NASA officials. Over the years, things … Continue reading →

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Project A119

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Caryn

A 1958 plan was developed to launch a Study of Lunar Research Flights, also known as Project A119. The project was a top-secret plan developed by the United States Air Force and involved detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon. … Continue reading →

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Wright Brothers On The Moon

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Caryn

Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, when he became the first person to step on the moon. That is something we all have known about for a very long time. What we didn’t know about was that the Wright Brothers also made history on the moon. Continue reading →

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Family Is What It’s All About

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Caryn

My nephew, Jason Sawdon, is a decorated patrolman for the Wyoming Highway Patrol. It is a position to be very proud of, and while he would never say that he is proud of himself, because he is not that kind … Continue reading →

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An Elite Group

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Caryn

They were a part of an elite group…the men who walked on the moon. They had the privilege of going somewhere that few humans would get to go. It was a small group of just twelve men, but only three … Continue reading →

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Mapping The Moon

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Caryn

These days, since man has already been on the moon, I don’t suppose the scientists would feel the same excitement about seeing it through a telescope that they felt the first time they looked at it through a telescope. I’m … Continue reading →

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The Only Human

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Caryn

Most people know that at 10:56pm EDT, on July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap … Continue reading →

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The Final Frontier

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Caryn

The year was 1959, and things were changing rapidly in the world of flight. Airplanes had been around, and actually flying since the December 17, 1903 flight of the Kitty Hawk by the Wright brothers. Air travel, while not as … Continue reading →

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The World Of Photography

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Caryn

Over the centuries, we have seen many changes in how people preserved their images in picture. From the days of hieroglyphics to the days of digital photography, much has changed in the world of what we now call photography. In … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Growth

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Caryn

Over the years, I have watched my niece, Jenny Spethman grow in so many ways. Of course, I’ve seen her grow from a little girl into a teenager, adult, wife, and mother, but those are simply the normal changes we … Continue reading →

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