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Dare Mighty Things

A series on the American space program

6 chapters published

Apollo

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Buzz Aldrin inside the lunar module Eagle, wearing a headset, with the cabin's instrument panels and window behind him.Science & Technology

The 1202 Alarm

By Kevin Marsibilio · July 15, 2026 · 9 min read

The Apollo 1 crew — Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee — in blue NASA flight suits behind a model of the Apollo command module.Science & Technology

Apollo 1

What happened on January 27, 1967 — and what it cost to continue

By Kevin Marsibilio · July 15, 2026 · 11 min read

Lunar ModuleScience & Technology

Thirteen Minutes

The tense, improvised final descent — and how Neil Armstrong averted a near disaster.

By Kevin Marsibilio · July 15, 2026 · 10 min read

Astronaut and moon rover on the moon during the last moon missionScience & Technology

The Last Footsteps

Apollo 17, December 1972 — humanity's last and most recent visit to another world

By Kevin Marsibilio · July 15, 2026 · 8 min read

The Earth rising, shoot from the moon during Apollo 8Science & Technology

The Audacity

The Apollo Program — the most ambitious thing humanity has ever attempted, and the 400,000 people who made it happen

By Kevin Marsibilio · July 15, 2026 · 9 min read

More chapters

Perseverance's parachute fully inflated against the Martian sky, its canopy divided into red and white segments in an irregular ring pattern.Science & Technology

Dare Mighty Things

The Story of America's Space Program — Where We've Been and Why What Comes Next Will Change Everything

By Kevin Marsibilio · July 15, 2026 · 13 min read

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