Category Space and Aviation
L’Aigle S’est Pose
Toulouse is France’s centre for aviation and aerospace. So it was off to Cite de l’Espace, to learn more about Europe’s role in the space industry. Unwisely, we left Captain Kumamon in charge of the ice creams. Set out similarly to Kennedy Space Centre, but much smaller, Cite de l’Espace features a range of indoor […]
A Change of Pace
Ian has been putting up (mostly) gracefully with being dragged around old cities, medieval walls, courtyards, balconies and doorways, for much of this trip. Today it was time to visit Aeroscopia, the aviation museum at Toulouse airport in Blagnac, for something much more recent. First we had a new metro system to come to grips […]
Carless in LA
27 March 2023, Los Angeles, USA – It was a late night arrival into LAX after flying half way across the country. We were relieved to check into a reasonably nice, quiet room in Hawthorne, not far from the airport. We woke this morning to blue skies – we seem to be dragging warm weather […]
Carriered Away
25 March 2023, Corpus Christi to Houston, USA – Before driving back to Houston for our final night in Texas, we paid a visit to the USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier turned into a museum. We thought we could see everything in about 2 hours, but with 5 decks to explore, including the open flight […]
Bound For Boca Chica
24 March 2023, Houston to Corpus Christi “via” Boca Chica, USA – Yesterday we began our road trip of southern Texas; leaving Houston, we drove about 300 miles south, to Corpus Christi – or more precisely, Ingleside, on the northern outskirts. This was just a repositioning day, to set us up for today. Apart from […]
Ground Control to Major Tom
20 March 2023, Houston, USA, Johnson Space Center – Today we learned that Ground Control would never have directly communicated with Major Tom … but I’m getting ahead of myself. We were up bright and early for our much anticipated VIP Tour at Johnson Space Center – a behind-the-scenes tour for a group of just […]
Houston, We Have So Many Problems!
18 March 2023, Houston, USA, Johnson Space Center – Travel days are always stressful, but this one seemed to be going relatively smoothly; pack up and check out, return the rental car, check in for the flight from Miami to Houston, fly, land, collect luggage, collect next rental car, drive to next accommodation, check in, […]
It’s Rocket Science
14 March 2023, Space Coast USA, Titusville – Our final day in Orlando/Cape Canaveral – and what a day it turned out to be! Besides seeing our friends and doing all things space, we wanted to go on an airboat ride through the Florida swamps, just for the fun of it. There are operators all […]
KSC Take 2
13 March 2023, Space Coast USA, Kennedy Space Center – We were on the road in time to see an apocalyptic sunrise, thanks to the clouds that rolled in overnight. We were first in line at the entry gate at Kennedy Space Center, for our second visit. Next to us was a family from northern […]
Computer Says No
11 March 2023, Space Coast USA, Port Canaveral – After a day spent catching up on various things, it was time to get back on the space tourist trail. First up, we called in at the Sands Space History Center, in Port Canaveral. We discovered this was tucked in behind SpaceX’s launch and landing control […]
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