STP29 - 'Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo' with Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony
This week we talk to author, historian and curator of the Project Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to discuss her new book, 'Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo'.
More on Dr Muir-Harmony: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/teasel-muir-harmony
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Emily's Review of "How We Got To The Moon" by John Rocco: https://space.nss.org/how-we-got-to-the-moon-illustrates-illuminates-first-moon-journey-and-beyond/
This week's news:
Space X Falcon 9 Launch 11th March: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2675
Long March 7a Launch 11th March: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5131
Long March 4c Launch 12th March: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6148
Space X Falcon 9 Launch 14th March: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2676
ISS Space Walk 13th March: https://www.space.com/spacewalking-astronauts-complete-space-station-maintenance-march-2021
ISS Battery Pallet: https://www.space.com/space-station-jettisons-huge-space-junk-pallet
New Bacteria On ISS: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.639396/full
Blue Origin Moon Gravity Simulation Launches: https://www.space.com/blue-origin-moon-gravity-rocket-launches
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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.
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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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