Remembering Michael Collins

We decided we needed to record an extra podcast to celebrate the life of Michael Collins, who died on Wednesday 28th April at the age of 90.

Family Statement:  https://www.facebook.com/AstroMichaelCollins/posts/309533063877486

NASA Statement: 
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/statements-on-passing-of-michael-collins

Official Obituary:  https://www.facebook.com/AstroMichaelCollins/posts/309772833853509

Francis French: https://www.francisfrench.com/
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Image Credit: NASA

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Emily Carney

A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.

In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.

Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/
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Dave Giles

Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.

In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.

Full info: https://www.davejgiles.com
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