Charles (Pete) Conrad ... “The Earth resembled a beautiful blue marble suspended against a black velvet blanket. After retiring and moving to California, Conrad worked on space ventures for ...

Some people cackle when they laugh. Cackle like barnyard hens. Pete Conrad was that way. And boy, was he loud. I once heard his cackle echo down a hallway at Boeing-Huntington Beach, back when the ...

Charles "Pete" Conrad was a true buccaneer of the space age. He drove fast cars, enjoyed fast planes and selected his first words on the moon to win a bet with a journalist. (He never collected on ...

What: The winners of the 2007 Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award will be recognized at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on January 18, 2008. NASA will unveil a Spirit of Innovation ...