SpaceLaunch News is going to Mars in 2011!

SpaceLaunch News will travel to Mars in both spirit and name in 2011, and oh guess what...? You can too!

The name "SpaceLaunch News" will be placed upon a microchip along with thousands of other names from around the globe, and the chip placed aboard the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory rover prior to it's launch in the Fall of 2011.

The MSL rover is planned to touchdown on Mars in Spring 2012, and will use multiple experiments and high definition cameras as the rover begins a new decade of planetary exploration on the surface.

Click here to have your name entered onto the microchip as NASA prepares a new mission of exploration upon the Martian desert.

SpaceLaunch News: STS-96 Issue Feature on Apollo 6

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Featured in the STS-96 issue of SpaceLaunch News magazine, my story on the Apollo 6 mission in 1968.

SpaceLaunch News: STS-91 Shuttle Discovery Issue

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The June 1998 issue of SpaceLaunch News magazine, featuring my stories celebrating the 25th anniversary of Skylab; and updates on the launching of the International Space Station's first components; and the Russian Mir space station update.

WAMT-AM: KSC: Up to the Minute August 14 1996

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Charles Tyler Atkeison "KSC: Up to the Minute" radio segment on WAMT-AM (Titusville, FL)  August 14, 1996. Updates include the STS-79 and Atlas 2A/ AC-123 launch preps.

SpaceLaunch News Magazine: STS-77 Issue

Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Click on each image to read my feature, SLN: Up to the Minute, in May 1996 SpaceLaunch News issue covering the mission of shuttle Endeavour on STS-77.