My first job out of college was working at Texas Instruments. In the late 70″s I accepted a product support position for the TI Explorer AI LISP development platform working at NASA Johnson Space Center as a potential customer. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times. It has always been a vivid memory being part of the Shuttle program and flight in general. When I started learning Flight Simulator in 2020 I did this tribute video.
The Johnson Center’s $1.5 billion complex occupies 1,620 acres southeast of downtown Houston, in the Clear Lake area. Little did I ever imagine that our family would live in Seabrook, Texas a 7 minute drive from JSC. I came across a strong faith in God community while at JSC. Well documented are experiences by astronauts that worked in space.
Buzz Aldrin – An Apollo 11 astronaut took communion on the moon, the first food and drink consumed there. Jim Irwin – An Apollo 15 pilot who said he felt an overwhelming sense of God’s presence while on the moon. John Glenn – A trailblazing NASA astronaut who said he prayed every day on his spaceflights and that looking at the creation in space made him believe in God
I found this online recently. Its worth your time to watch even if you are not a Christian, or perhaps just exploring God and your life’s meaning.
Kirk Cameron is joined by NASA astronaut Colonel Jeffrey Williams to discuss how photographing the Earth from outer space deepened Williams’ faith in God and appreciation for His works. Learn how the precision of math and science point to God’s order, and what it means that man bears the image of God.