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Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Disaster – an Interview with Kevin Cook

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Disaster – an Interview with Kevin Cook Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/3jbGLnf Interview Timeline Kevin Cook has written for many publications and has written … Continue reading

How Elon Musk and SpaceX overcame early problems to dominate the space industry – Interview with Eric Berger

How Elon Musk and SpaceX overcame early problems to dominate the space industry – Interview with Eric Berger Eric Berger is a Houston-based reporter and editor. He reported for the Houston Chronicle and is now the senior space editor for Ars Technica. … Continue reading

Today in Space and Science History: May 12

Today in Space and Science History: May 12 May 12 1803 – German scientist Justus von Liebig born https://amzn.to/3fc0WOz May 12 1880 – American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth born https://amzn.to/3bonn1T May 12 1886 – German Zeppelin captain Ernst A. Lehmann born … Continue reading

Today in Space and Science History: May 11

Today in Space and Science History: May 11 May 11 1752 – German scientist Johann Freidrich Blumenbach born https://amzn.to/3y2JwfN May 11 1781 – The Sombrero Galaxy is discovered https://amzn.to/3bj1jpa May 11 1871 – American astronomer Frank Schlesinger born https://amzn.to/3bebY4D May … Continue reading

Today in Space and Science History: May 10

Today in Space and Science History: May 10 May 10 1930 American physicist and Nobel prize winner George E. Smith born May 10 1958 American astronaut Ellen Ochoa born https://amzn.to/2Q6c1rV More Space and Science trivia collection As an Amazon Associate … Continue reading

Today in Space and Science History: May 8

Today in Space and Science History: May 8 May 8 1919 – Social psychologist Leon Festinger born https://amzn.to/3y7CZAC May 8 1991 – Sweden reached suborbital spaceflight for the first time https://amzn.to/3xZymZ0 More Space and Science trivia collection As an Amazon … Continue reading

Today in Space and Science History: May 7

Today in Space and Science History: May 7 May 7 1770 – Botany Bay named by Captain Cook https://amzn.to/2RADDG0 May 7 1886 – Ernst A Lehmann, German captain of the ill-fated  Hindenberg which crashed May 6, is born https://amzn.to/3h6dBVP May … Continue reading

Today in Space and Science History: May 6

Today in Space and Science History: May 6 May 6 1851 John Gorrie recieved a patent for a machine to make ice https://amzn.to/2R2R0i2 May 6 1937 The LZ 129 Hindenburg crashed, the last great airship disaster https://amzn.to/3xTKOtm May 6 1968 … Continue reading

Today in Space and Science History: May 5

Today in Space and Science History: May 5 May 5 1811 Scientist John William Draper born May 5 1961 Alan Shepard piloted the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission and became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space https://amzn.to/2SiHzLJ … Continue reading

How Elon Musk and SpaceX overcame early problems to dominate the space industry – Interview with Eric Berger

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS How Elon Musk and SpaceX overcame early problems to dominate the space industry – Interview with Eric Berger Check out the book here   https://amzn.to/2RjHgzS Interview Timeline Eric Berger is a … Continue reading