STP33 - Celebrating 40 years since STS-1 with David Hitt
This week we take a look at the very first Space Shuttle mission which took place on April 12th 1981. To do this we're joined by the wonderful author David Hitt who wrote the book 'Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years'.
David Hitt: http://davidhitt.net/about/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidhitt
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedavidhitt/
STS-1 Youtube playlist of all videos to do with the mission:
NASA article with many photos: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/40-years-ago-columbia-takes-flight/
Remembering Dr. Philip Chapman, 1935 – 2021: https://space.nss.org/remembering-dr-philip-chapman-1935-2021/
This week's news:
Launches:
Wed 7th April: Space X: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink V1 L23:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2678
Thurs 8th April: CASC: Long March 4B | Shiyan-6 03: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6755
Fri 9th April: Roscosmos: Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-18: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2969
https://www.space.com/three-astronauts-launch-space-station-april-2021
Wed 14th April: Blue Origin: New Shepard | NS-15: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6757
https://www.space.com/blue-origin-new-shepard-april-2021-test-flight-webcast
Other news:
Space Movie: https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/roscosmos-enters-space-movie-race-with-nasa/
Ingenuity Helicopter Upgrade: https://www.space.com/nasa-delays-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-flight-again
SN15 Rollout: https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn15-launch-pad
President Biden's NASA Budget Announcement: https://www.space.com/biden-nasa-2022-budget-request
New UAE Astronauts: https://www.space.com/uae-names-new-astronauts-first-woman
Image Credit: NASA
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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
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgiles
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusic
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