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From a relative of mine, a book on sci-fi, engineering, and tech bros and the public missing the big picture.

https://www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/jenn-rossmanns-worldbuilding-the-engineering-imagination

#Worldbuilding #Engineering #EngineeringDesign #STEM #STEAM #LiberalArts #SpaceExploration #ArtemisII #Apollo13 #SpaceHistory #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #JulesVerne #DiversityInSTEM #WomenInEngineering #EthicsInTech #TechEthics #BookAstodon #NonFiction #PublicScholarship

From a relative of mine, a book on sci-fi, engineering, and tech bros and the public missing the big picture.

https://www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/jenn-rossmanns-worldbuilding-the-engineering-imagination

#Worldbuilding #Engineering #EngineeringDesign #STEM #STEAM #LiberalArts #SpaceExploration #ArtemisII #Apollo13 #SpaceHistory #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #JulesVerne #DiversityInSTEM #WomenInEngineering #EthicsInTech #TechEthics #BookAstodon #NonFiction #PublicScholarship

From a relative of mine, a book on sci-fi, engineering, and tech bros and the public missing the big picture.

https://www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/jenn-rossmanns-worldbuilding-the-engineering-imagination

#Worldbuilding #Engineering #EngineeringDesign #STEM #STEAM #LiberalArts #SpaceExploration #ArtemisII #Apollo13 #SpaceHistory #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #JulesVerne #DiversityInSTEM #WomenInEngineering #EthicsInTech #TechEthics #BookAstodon #NonFiction #PublicScholarship

From a relative of mine, a book on sci-fi, engineering, and tech bros and the public missing the big picture.

https://www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/jenn-rossmanns-worldbuilding-the-engineering-imagination

#Worldbuilding #Engineering #EngineeringDesign #STEM #STEAM #LiberalArts #SpaceExploration #ArtemisII #Apollo13 #SpaceHistory #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #JulesVerne #DiversityInSTEM #WomenInEngineering #EthicsInTech #TechEthics #BookAstodon #NonFiction #PublicScholarship

From a relative of mine, a book on sci-fi, engineering, and tech bros and the public missing the big picture.

https://www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/jenn-rossmanns-worldbuilding-the-engineering-imagination

#Worldbuilding #Engineering #EngineeringDesign #STEM #STEAM #LiberalArts #SpaceExploration #ArtemisII #Apollo13 #SpaceHistory #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #JulesVerne #DiversityInSTEM #WomenInEngineering #EthicsInTech #TechEthics #BookAstodon #NonFiction #PublicScholarship

🚀🖥️ Ah, yes, let's delve into the thrilling saga of #1980s core memory modules because who doesn't get misty-eyed over kilobytes of storage now? 🙄 The riveting tale of French-built #minicomputers in space is sure to leave you breathless, or at least yawning. 🤣
https://www.righto.com/2026/08/spacelab-core-memory.html #corememory #technology #spacehistory #nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated

Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer

https://www.righto.com/2026/08/spacelab-core-memory.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49502214

#HackerNews #CoresInSpace #Spacelab #Computer #CoreMemory #RetroTech #SpaceHistory

🚀 RAW AMBITION on two wheels! 🌟 In 1963, #ISRO pioneers pedaled a rocket nosecone by bicycle, sparking India's stellar space odyssey. Proof that stellar ingenuity defies budget limits! 🛰️💥 #science #Wissenschaft #SpaceHistory #Cosmos #Innovation #Physics #Tech #Rocketry #Astronomy #Future

🛰️ #Kodak accidentally "invented" a #camera for a #lunar orbiter while actually trying to make a #sandwich 🥪. This masterpiece of an article is a thrilling tale of how a camera meant for space ended up as a footnote in SAMOS readout history 📸. Spoiler: It wasn't the Kodak moment they were hoping for.
https://invertingvision.com/2026/08/10/kodaks-pre-invented-lunar-orbiter-camera-or-the-fate-of-samos-readout/ #SpaceHistory #CameraFootnote #HackerNews #ngated

Two new pages on the #SpaceHistory #SpaceShuttle #NASA #SpaceFlight archive. The first is OMI V1202 - the Main Propulsion helium signature test. Seal the aft, pressurize everything with helium, and measure what leaks. The aft compartment IS the instrument.

See:
gandalfddi.github.io/shuttle_v1202.html

NASA has been quietly taking Shuttle documentation offline. The Columbia STS-107 FMEA/CIL files aren't even on the Wayback Machine.

Same pattern as Apollo: the F-1 blueprints survive, the people who knew how to build it don't.

11 years at KSC on the Main Propulsion System, and I kept copies. 2,004 documents, images and launch voice tapes on the Internet Archive, and at Zenodo with a DOI and per-file checksums:
gandalfddi.github.io/shuttle.html

#SpaceShuttle #NASA #SpaceHistory #DigitalPreservation #Space

Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code for command and lunar modules

https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49002166

#HackerNews #Apollo11 #GuidanceComputer #SourceCode #OpenSource #SpaceHistory #LunarLanding

How ‘Star City’ reimagined the Soviet space effort
How do you capture the mood of the 1960s space race in a fictional universe where the Soviets beat the Americans to the moon?

The American side of the story was told in "For All Mankind," an Apple TV series that concluded its fifth season in May. N
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/09/how-star-city-reimagined-the-soviet-space-effort/
#FictionScienceClub #FictionScience #Russia #ScienceFiction #Space #SpaceHistory #StarCity #Television

The story clears up this myth.

#SpaceHistory #FisherPressurisedPens #MythVsFact

The 1965 space pen myth: NASA didn't spend millions to build a pen and the Soviets didn't outsmart anyone with a pencil. Inventor Paul C. Fisher quietly developed the pressurised pen on his own dime and only sold it to NASA.
https://spacedaily.com/m-1965-space-pen-myth-debunked-nasa-didnt-spend-millions-soviets-pencil/

A little overview of the new pizza delivery mission in Low Earth Orbit Adventures

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qy1vqjZCEEk

#LEOAdventures #ISS #spacehistory #spacesim

Our public Astro Events calendar is established. Our article describes easily how to subscribe to the calendar on Windows, Linux, iOS & Android. Please let us know missing Astro Events

https://ticker.nemethstarproductions.eu/?p=3496

#AstroEvents #Space #SpaceMission #SpaceHistory #Astronomy #Astro #Events

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The cabin grew cold. Water ran low. One crew member fell sick. The ship was dying. Thirteen by Henry S. F. Cooper shows how calm minds and sharp thinking brought them home.
#Apollo13 #SpaceHistory #TrueStory #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/apollo-13-mission-failure-thirteen-henry-cooper-book-review.html

There we have it! The first astronauts to travel around the moon have returned.

#lunarflyby #SpaceHistory #FirstLunarVoyage

Remembering Magnetic Memories and the Apollo AGC

https://2earth.github.io/website/20260304.html

#HackerNews #MagneticMemories #ApolloAGC #SpaceHistory #TechNostalgia #RetroComputing

King Tutankhamun’s dagger wasn’t made on Earth it was forged from a meteorite… when iron was rarer than gold.
#AncientEgypt #Tutankhamun #HistoryMystery #AncientTech #HiddenHistory #SpaceHistory #Archaeology
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/why-did-tutankhamun-have-dagger-made-meteorite-006408

🚀 FIRST LIQUID-PROPELLANT ROCKET LAUNCHED

March 16, 1926 — American pioneer Robert Goddard stands in a snowy Massachusetts field as his tiny rocket ignites, spitting flame and smoke into the winter dawn. This unassuming 10-foot device, fueled by liquid oxygen and gasoline, would become the grandfather of every rocket that ever reached for the stars. From this quiet farm launch, the space age began.

This post is 100% AI generated.

#z_image #AIart #OnThisDay #SpaceHistory #GenerativeAI #LLM #CinematicRealism #AtmosphericArt

NASA's Largest Library To Permanently Close On Jan 2, Books Will Be 'Tossed Away' -- NASA's largest library at the Goddard Space Flight Center will close permanently on Jan 2 under the Trump administration's reorganisation plans.

"According to a statement posted on the website of the Goddard Engineers, Scientists and Technicians Association, specialised equipment and electronics designed to test spacecraft have already been removed and thrown out."

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nasas-largest-library-to-permanently-close-on-jan-2-books-will-be-tossed-away-10170584

#NASA #space #goddardspaceflightcenter #science #archive #history #spacehistory #techhistory #trump #reorg #waste #federalgovernment #fedgov #trumpadministration

Moving Images Related to the Apollo Missions, 1967–1969

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133360601

#HackerNews #ApolloMissions #MovingImages #SpaceHistory #1960sNASA #Archives

Finding Gene Cernan's Missing Moon Camera

https://www.spacecamera.co/articles/2020/3/3/gene-cernans-missing-lunar-surface-camera

#HackerNews #FindingGeneCernan #MissingMoonCamera #LunarExploration #SpaceHistory #ApolloMission

Turning NASA Wake-up Calls into data

by @beet_keeper

For a while back then I was into space flight again. Scientists, science communicators, and engineers were all excited for a new era of rocket launches and the potential unification of the human race as we look towards the future.

During that time I discovered Colin Fries’ work in the NASA History Division to document all NASA “Wake-up calls”. A wake-up call is simply a piece of music used to wake astronauts on missions, a different piece of music, daily, for the duration of the flight.

Take, for example, the last Space Shuttle mission (Space Transportation System) STS-135; it was in flight for 13 days, and the wake-up call on day one was Coldplay’s Viva la Vida, while on day 13 it was Kate Smith singing God Bless America.

As a huge music buff who has the radio or music television on 18 hours a day, I really wanted to delve into this further. While Colin’s work is great, it’s just a PDF file (@wtfpdf). A PDF is not an ideal file format for querying data and gleaning new insights. So, while I wanted to explore it, I first decided to turn it into a true dataset. The result was a set of resources, a website, a JSON, a CSV, and an SQLite database which are each more functional and more maintainable over time.

Lets take a look at the results and https://nasawakeupcalls.github.io below!

#ApacheTika #Code #Coding #DataWrangling #Datasette #DatasetteLite #DH #DigitalHumanities #glam #harkive #NASA #NASAWakeUpCall #NASAWakeUpCalls #OpenData #PersonalProjects #Science #Space #SpaceHistory #Twitter #WakeUpCall