Courage is endurance for one moment more…
- Unknown Marine Second Lieutenant in Vietnam
Happy Birthday Devil Dogs!
Image source unknown but greatly appreciated.
Monday, November 9, 2020
Happy 245th United States Marine Corps
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
First Day of Autumn
Notice that autumn
is more the season of the soul
than of nature.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Image: Foraged Autumn Bouquet in Sepia - Dominique Allmon©2020
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Happy World UFO Day
World UFO Day is an awareness day for science fiction aficionados to gather together and
watch the skies for unidentified flying objects.
Some people celebrate the UFO Day on June 24, others on July 2. Why two different dates? June 24 is the date that
the aviator Kenneth Arnold reported what is generally considered to be the
first widely reported UFO sighting in the United
States. July 2, on the other hand, commemorates the alleged UFO crash in the famous 1947
Roswell UFO Incident.
The beginning of July normally is a time when people of Roswell, NM, are preparing to celebrate the annual UFO Festival. Visitors from all over the world descend on this quiet desert town. Not this year, though.
The 2020 Roswell UFO Festival has been
cancelled due to COVID-19. Nobody is happy about this. Local artists are desperate to keep their business alive. Everybody is struggling.
In times like these, one has to be inventive and so, the festival organizers resorted to online venues that include virtual costume contest. Popular gifts from Roswell can be bought online.
For more information visit Roswell UFO Festival website
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Endeavour - From the American Soil Back to Space!
History was made on May 30, 2020, when NASA and SpaceX successfully launched two American astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, to Space in a Dragon capsule named Endeavour.
This first manned mission from the American soil in almost forty years ends NASA's dependence on foreign launch providers to send their astronauts to the International Space Station.
On May 31, the Endeavour successfully docked on to the ISS. The two astronauts were cordially welcomed by the ISS crew. They will remain in the Space for 110 days before returning back to Earth.
The launch and the docking maneuver were transmitted live on social media and broadcast on television networks all over the world. At least ten million people watched this historical event.
For more information and mission update visit the websites of NASA, SpaceX, or Space.
Image source: world wide web.
This first manned mission from the American soil in almost forty years ends NASA's dependence on foreign launch providers to send their astronauts to the International Space Station.
On May 31, the Endeavour successfully docked on to the ISS. The two astronauts were cordially welcomed by the ISS crew. They will remain in the Space for 110 days before returning back to Earth.
The launch and the docking maneuver were transmitted live on social media and broadcast on television networks all over the world. At least ten million people watched this historical event.
For more information and mission update visit the websites of NASA, SpaceX, or Space.
Image source: world wide web.
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Happy New Year 2020
"I hope you live a life you're proud of." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wishing everyone a great start into the New Year and the new decade! - Dominique
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