STP40 - Top Tips For A Trip To Kennedy Space Center
This week we talk about Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast. We discuss a few of our favourite parts and what not to miss, plus some tips for what to see and do around the area.
Emily's Articles:
“Shuttle Mission Control” Provides Fascinating Insider Look At Shuttle History:
https://space.nss.org/shuttle-mission-control-provides-fascinating-insider-look-at-shuttle-history/
Space In The Seventies: ATS-6, Apollo-Soyuz, and TDRSS:
https://space.nss.org/space-in-the-seventies-ats-6-apollo-soyuz-and-tdrss/
John Hodge NASA Obituary:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-remembers-flight-director-john-hodge
Emily's Obituary:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/spacehipsters/permalink/4247996778578506
Kennedy Space Center: https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/
American Space Museum and Walk Of Fame: https://spacewalkoffame.org/
Air Force Space and Missile Museum: https://afspacemuseum.org/
La Quinta Inn: https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/laquinta/cocoa-beach-florida/la-quinta-inn-cocoa-beach-port-canaveral/overview
Zarella's: https://www.zarrellasitalianfl.com/
El Lioncito: https://elleoncito.com/menu.php?location_id=MQ
Alan Shepard Park: http://www.cityofcocoabeach.com/facilities/facility/details/Alan-Shepard-Park-21
Ron Jon Surf Shop: https://www.ronjonsurfshop.com/
This week's news:
Launches:
Wed 26th May 2021: SpaceX : Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink V1 L28
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5332
Fri 28th May 2021: Starsem: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat: OneWeb #7
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2952
Sat 29th May 2021: CASC: Long March 7: TIanzhou 2
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2557
Bill Nelson and China: https://www.space.com/china-space-advances-us-concerns
South Korea signs Artemis Accords: https://www.space.com/south-korea-artemis-accords-moon-exploration
Artemis Program Human Landing System Drama: https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-moon-lander-spacex-blue-origin-protests
Canada Moon Rover: https://www.space.com/canada-launch-moon-rover-2026
Lockheed and GM Moon Rover: https://www.space.com/lockheed-martin-gm-moon-rover-artemis-astronauts
Clouds on Mars: https://www.space.com/curiosity-rover-sees-strange-mars-clouds
Ingenuity's 6th Flight Drama: https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-sixth-flight-anomaly
Space Station Hit By Space Debris: https://www.space.com/space-station-robot-arm-orbital-debris-strike
Woman In Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA
Image Credits: Emily Carney and Dave Giles
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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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