Jerry Linenger's Letters to his Son
A few weeks before Jerry Linenger began his sojourn on Mir, he was asked what he would miss most about being on the Earth. He responded that it would be hard being away from his 14-month-old son for so long. onboard Mir, Linenger wrote frequent letters to his young child, which he permitted NASA to present on the Internet.
January 23, 1997 - I am still
an Earthling
January 25, 1997 - Propulsion
and suction
January 26, 1997 - Just a normal
American
January 26, 1997 - You are
the highlight...
January 27, 1997 - Some tips
from your Dad
January 28, 1997 - We all depend
on each other
January 29, 1997 - Don't spit
your toothpaste...
January 30, 1997 - ... hide
and seek up here
January 31, 1997 - We'll look up together
February 1, 1997 - Stumped Mommy
February 2, 1997 - Or is it night?
February 2, 1997 - ... sleeping like a
puppy
February 3, 1997 - Another father-son
talk
February 4, 1997 - Physicists love this
stuff
February 5, 1997 - Like being in a rowboat
February 6, 1997 - An unforgiving place
February 7, 1997 - [A] spin in a spaceship
February 8, 1997 - ... waiting for launch
February 10, 1997 - Human being questions
February 15, 1997 - Hurricane, a good bilingual
nickname
March 1, 1997 - Good people, good friends
March 2, 1997 - Earth got a bit more
crowded today
March 2, 1997 - Moral toughness
March 3, 1997 - Human beings can adapt
to space
March 4, 1997 - Life in space is never
monotonous
March 5, 1997 - No time to write
March 7, 1997 - Cry all you want
March 8, 1997 - Space
Station is a five star hotel
March 9, 1997 - Summer
Study Programs
March 13, 1997 - Good report
on you from Mommy
March 18, 1997 - Early
explorers never talked to their loved ones
March 20, 1997 - All alone
in a dark room
March 22, 1997 - Twenty-two
was always my number
March 23, 1997 - Who needs
maps?
March 24, 1997 - Pain helps
imprint things
March 25, 1997 - Cooking
metal samples in my EasyBake oven
March 26, 1997 - One watch
isn't enough
April 2, 1997 - Up here,
you either make it, bring it, or do without it
April 4, 1997 - Humans
think too much instead of just enjoying
April 5, 1997 - Typical
father
April 6, 1997 - Memories
of Grandpa Linenger
April 7, 1997 - Never look
at lasers out the windows of spacecraft
April 12, 1997 - The unsuspecting
victim has no clue that you are coming
April 13, 1997 - Diapers
arent so bad
April 14, 1997 - Make a
snowball while you can
April 17, 1997 - We are
two lucky men
April 18, 1997 - I sleep
soundly at night
April 20, 1997 - This is
my new world
April 21, 1997 - One hundred
days in space
April 23, 1997 - You overcome
and endure
April 24, 1997 - No time
for a real letter
April 26, 1997 - Id do
anything for you
April 27, 1997 - Happy
Russian Orthodox Easter
April 28, 1997 - 4:30 p.m.,
time for bed
April 29, 1997 - Back home,
safe and sound
April 30, 1997 - Its all
down hill from here
May 2, 1997 - Let me tell you about my Orlan M spacewalking suit
