Space Poetry From an Astronaut's Spouse I could have sought by wit or wile... written by Pat Collins to her husband, Mike, prior to his launch toward the moon on Apollo 11, from Carrying the Fire The Woman from the Krasny Perekop Textile Mill traditionalists always fear women who fly... Keith Gottschalk Playing with Fire Remember silos of sentinels?... Keith Gottschalk The Navigators Give the museum your hourglass... Keith Gottschalk Suiting Up My name is James McDivitt... Mark Wade We Chose Death The moon above... Mark Wade The Ballad of Dan McCann Rockets shake the earth, the needle rises... Mark Wade Zero-G and I'm Feeling Fine Floating and floating... Mark Wade Pearl and Rogue Go For a Ride Dec 21st 1960 A clear night illuminated by the moon.... Pat Borthwick When I was a kid, When I was a kid, we had 9 planets... Larry Klaes If the Sun Dies ...my father replies that we are made to live here.... Ray Bradbury, as recounted by Oriana Fallaci in If the Sun Dies The Titanium Monument On a sun-singed steppe, Sergei stood, said -... Keith Gottschalk As The Sun Sets as the sun sets, the mourners, hoarse,... Keith Gottschalk The Celestial Empire the Great Ocean, two shores, two realms... Keith Gottschalk "Beginning of A Beginning" Syr Dar'ya, ancient river that flows down to the Aral river that flows up to the sky.... Keith Gottschalk Sergei Korolov House, Moscow in the garden of the spacecraft designer, nightingales fly to his trees.... Keith Gottschalk Shuttle these are the laws of physics, immutable as those of Medes & Persians:... Keith Gottschalk First Light At the mountain's top, I reach up,... Keith Gottschalk Joy of Flying Turbines roar, their rush surges through us... Keith Gottschalk Now To Begin here, no angels sing, nor winged cherubim, nor seraphim that hover over a god's throne... Keith Gottschalk Fast Track the visionary with a slide-rule named you: Silbervogel... Keith Gottschalk High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth... John Gillespie Magee, Jr The Stars My Destination Gully Foyle is my name... paraphrase of Alfred Bester, from Tyger, Tyger, 1956 Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2007 except where otherwise noted.

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