Montana Astronaut Loren Acton recalls Challenger disaster
Montana astronaut remembers Challenger explosion
and last updated 2021-01-28 19:59:46-05
BILLINGS â On Jan. 28, 1986, America was shocked by the Challenger explosion. Just a few months before the disaster, Montana Astronaut Loren Acton flew on Challengerâs pen-ultimate mission.
But at the time of the tragedy, Acton was over 2,000 miles away from the Kennedy Space Center, in Northern Wyoming, waiting to speak to a group of JR High School students about being an astronaut.
âI was standing on the stage at the Junior High School in Worland, Wyoming, said Acton. I was ready to talk to several hundred junior high kids about my space experience, when someone came trotting down the aisles and said, âDid you know that the Challenger had blown up?ââ
And his thoughts on NASA s future
By: Chris DeRose
and last updated 2021-01-11 12:52:52-05
BILLINGS â Itâs hard to imagine that a child born on a ranch just outside of Lewistown during the Great Depression would not only grow up to be a leading mind in the field of astrogeophysics, but spend a week of his life in space studying the sun. But such is the story of Loren Acton.
âI was the youngest of six,â he recalled. âAnd by the time I came along, it was the days of FDR and rural electrification. As a little kid, we had gas lamps. But then I remembered when electricity came and what magic that was.â
And his thoughts on NASA s future
By: Chris DeRose
and last updated 2021-01-11 12:44:24-05
BILLINGS â Itâs hard to imagine that a child born on a ranch just outside of Lewistown during the Great Depression would not only grow up to be a leading mind in the field of astrogeophysics, but spend a week of his life in space studying the sun. But such is the story of Loren Acton.
âI was the youngest of six,â he recalled. âAnd by the time I came along, it was the days of FDR and rural electrification. As a little kid, we had gas lamps. But then I remembered when electricity came and what magic that was.â
How an astronaut got from a MT ranch to outer space
By: Chris DeRose
and last updated 2021-01-08 14:54:01-05
BILLINGS â Itâs hard to imagine that a child born on a ranch just outside of Lewistown during the Great Depression would not only grow up to be a leading mind in the field of astrogeophysics, but spend a week of his life in space studying the sun. But such is the story of Loren Acton.
âI was the youngest of six,â he recalled. âAnd by the time I came along, it was the days of FDR and rural electrification. As a little kid, we had gas lamps. But then I remembered when electricity came and what magic that was.â
and last updated 2021-01-11 12:44:24-05
BILLINGS â Itâs hard to imagine that a child born on a ranch just outside of Lewistown during the Great Depression would not only grow up to be a leading mind in the field of astrogeophysics, but spend a week of his life in space studying the sun. But such is the story of Loren Acton.
âI was the youngest of six,â he recalled. âAnd by the time I came along, it was the days of FDR and rural electrification. As a little kid, we had gas lamps. But then I remembered when electricity came and what magic that was.â