STP9 - Celebrating 20 Years of Human Presence on the ISS
This week we're celebrating 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station by having a look back at the history of space stations. Perhaps the most under-appreciated achievements of human space flight has been our ability to stay up there for long periods, we look to rectify some of that with this podcast
Her Story 100: https://purposeentertainment.com/her-story-100
Emily is included in this wonderful video featuring some of the royalty of space exploration:
In this weeks news:
Space X Falcon 9 launch Oct 24th:
Space X 100 successful flights:
Space X Starship SN8:
Water on the Moon: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon/
OSIRIS-REx Update: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-goes-for-early-stow-of-asteroid-sample
Life On Venus Update: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/10/venus-might-not-have-much-phosphine-dampening-hopes-for-life/
The ISS at 20: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station
Searching For Skylab: https://www.searchingforskylab.com/
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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.
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