Category: Explorers club

• 45th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Mission: Engines Recovered

  

  This week marks the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11’s mission to the moon. I can still remember as a young child watching our family’s T.V. as this inspiring piece of space history unfolded. And last March, I had the very cool experience of actually seeing up close some of the recovered F-1 engines that launched this legendary spaceship. Click here to…

  kimsswidler

  July 23, 2014

  Explorers club, General, New York, New York City, space travel

• Meeting Moonwalker Charles Duke

  Last month Robert and I traveled to NYC to meet legendary astronaut Charles Duke. As the lunar     module pilot for Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the   tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon. A retired  US Air Force brigadier general, Duke visited the 108 year-old Explorers Club to be   interviewed by…

  kimsswidler

  February 11, 2013

  astronaut, charles duke, Explorers club, General, Historical Travel, Senior Travel, Stories

• NYC: Titanic and other Shipwreck Explorers at Sea Stories 2012

  If you’d love to learn more about exploration, conservation, scuba diving, shipwrecks, nautical history and/or marine life, visit NYC’s prestigious Explorers Club to attend this year’s Sea Stories symposium. This wonderful all day event will be held this year on November 10th,  and it will feature an impressive list of deep sea explorers: David Concannon …

  kimsswidler

  November 1, 2012

  deep sea exploration, ecotravel, Educational travel, Explorers club, General, New York, New York City, New York Travel, NYC & Company, Sea Stories, Stories