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Nothing thrills the masses like space travel. A few names epitomise the mid 20th Century space race. One of them is Alan Bartlett “Al” Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998). Alan B Shepard was the first American in space. And it was huge...

The Everest at the Discovery Space Center, Canyon Grove Academy, Pleasant Grove Hello Troops, Colonial Command's Starship Everest was ordered to Space Dock for a bridge refit.  Command gave the engineers and workmen two days to complete the work before...

Sheryl Chaffee remembers the January evening when astronaut Mike Collins came to the door and asked to speak with her mother. The two talked in a bedroom of the Chaffee home. Then Collins emerged and Chaffee and her brother were sent in to speak with...

Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Portage Gregory B. Jarvis August 24, 1944 January 28, 1986 Born in Detroit Michigan, Payload Specialist, Gregory Jarvis and his crew members, Ellison Onizuka, Michael Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Francis Scobee, Ronald McNair...

Happy New Year from Well’s Brothers Pet, Lawn & Garden! Read some interesting January happenings from long ago! January 1, 1776 George Washington unveiled the Grand Union Flag, the first national flag in America. January 1, 1892 Ellis Island opened...