Book Review: The People’s Spaceship
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo
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My creation. According to our buddies at Caltech and JPL, Mars Curiosity has made a huge Mars discovery that “is gonna be one for the
International playboy Jack Swigert in a 1966 NASA portrait, featuring an autopen signature. Emily Carney is a writer, space enthusiast, and creator of the This
When smoke gets in your eyes: 1965 Life magazine photo. In September, John Young’s autobiography Forever Young, edited by Neil Armstrong’s biographer James Hansen, was
To my fellow veterans, regardless of branch…thank you for your service. Emily (Howlett) Carney, USN, 1997 – 2003 Emily Carney is a writer, space enthusiast,
Could you love a man who lived with danger? Read on. At the ASF Astronaut Autograph Show this weekend, Francis French had some copies of
Me talking Apollo 12 party times with Dick Gordon (left) and Sweet Al Bean (right.) Thank you, Kristen, for taking this photo! ALAN BEAN (Apollo
“What is this about space hipsters? SUMBITCH.” Gene Cernan, Last Man in Your Face™, with me, November 3, 2012. So, I went to my first
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s 2012 Astronaut Autograph Show will take place from Thursday, Nov. 1, to Saturday, Nov. 3. I will be going after the Atlantis
Felix Baumgartner jumps, Oct. 14, 2012. Image by spaceplasma on Tumblr…I own nothing. For some reason Blogger is being crabby about embedding video again, so
Click on this link to see Felix Baumgartner attempt to jump from space this morning. Godspeed, Felix! UPDATE: HE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Emily Carney is a
Al Worden engages in some awesomely WTF behavior circa 1967. Photos from Falling to Earth’s page on Facebook. Yes, he is drinking a beer. So
Note: Live stream video originally posted is no longer available. This is the Red Bull post-event video. Watch Felix Baumgartner free fall jump live
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