STP58 - Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars with Eileen Collins and Jonathan ward
This week we got to speak to Colonel Eileen Collins and Jonathan Ward as the two of them are releasing a book about the life of Colonel Collins called Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars - The Story of the First American Women to Command a Space Mission”
Eileen Collins: http://marklarson.com/eileencollins/one.html
Jonathan Ward: https://www.jonathanhward.com/author/
Jonathan's other books:
Bringing Columbia Home: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publishing/9781628728514/bringing-columbia-home/
Rocket Ranch: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319177885
Countdown To A Moon Launch: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319177915#otherversion=9783319177922
STS-93 Launch:
Mission Control Audio Loop:
This Week’s Launches:
Mon 27 Sept: ExPace: Kuaizhou 1A: Julin-1 High Resolution 02D
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4922
Mon 27th Sept: Long March 3B/E: Shiyan 10
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6841
Mon 27th Sept: ULA: Atlas V 401: Landsat 9 & Others:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/401
Tues 5th Oct: Soyuz 2.1a: Soyuz MS-19
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2970
https://www.space.com/russian-film-crew-soyuz-docks-at-space-station
Other News:
William Shatner going to space:
https://www.space.com/william-shatner-launching-to-space-blue-origin
BepiColombo Mercury Flypast:
https://www.space.com/bepicolombo-first-mercury-flyby-video
Virgin Galactic cleared to fly again:
https://www.space.com/faa-clears-virgin-galactic-start-flying-again
Blue Origin Article:
https://www.lioness.co/post/bezos-wants-to-create-a-better-future-in-space-his-company-blue-origin-is-stuck-in-a-toxic-past
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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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