STP61 - One Small Pin For Deke, One Giant Emotional Mess For Emily and Dave
This week we take a look at the tiny lapel pin which Deke Slayton used to wear. It's currently on display at the Museum of Flight just outside Seattle.
Museum of Flight: https://www.museumofflight.org/
Museum of Flight Exhibit about the pin: https://www.museumofflight.org/News/1931/new-exhibit-features-unique-diamond-astronaut-pin
Bonham's auction page for the pin: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17778/lot/1159/?category=list
Image Credit: NASA
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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.
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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.
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