STP21 - Remembering Dr. William Thornton
It's been another very busy week in the world of space flight and we do our best to bring you up to date, but we also pay tribute to Dr. William Thornton, former NASA astronaut who died aged 91 last week.
NASA Tribute to William Thornton: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-remembers-astronaut-william-thornton/
William Thornton Archives: https://utmb-ir.tdl.org/handle/2152.3/563
Emily's Blogs:
A Small Step and A Giant Leap to Better Support Women in Spaceflight Writing: https://medium.com/the-making-of-an-ex-nuke/a-small-step-and-a-giant-leap-to-better-support-women-in-spaceflight-writing-84d02df8c8a7
Remembering Phillip Clark: https://space.nss.org/remembering-phillip-clark-1950-2020/
This week's news:
SN9 Engine Swap: https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn9-engine-swap
Blue Origin New Shepard Launch: 14th Jan:
"Apollo 11: Quarantine" Trailer:
NASA SLS Green Run Shutdown: https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2021/01/19/green-run-update-data-and-inspections-indicate-core-stage-in-good-condition/
Orion Ready to Fuel: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/orion-ready-to-fuel-up-for-artemis-i-mission
Rocket Lab delay: https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-another-one-leaves-the-crust-launch-delay
Virgin Orbit Launch - January 17th:
bluShift Aerospace: https://www.blushiftaerospace.com/
Additional Reading:
The Soviet Manned Space Programme - Phillip Clark
Launch On Need - Daniel Guiteras
Ronald Purviance sequel to 'Voyage' - https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/beyond-ares-a-sequel-to-baxters-voyage.407337/
Lady Astronaut Series by Mary Robinette
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
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