#spacehistory — Public Fediverse posts
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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
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🚀🖥️ 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
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🚀 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
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🛰️ #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 -
On August 2, 1971, the Apollo 15 mission achieved a significant milestone in aerospace communications by executing the first televised lunar liftoff. Utilizing a remote controlled camera on the Lunar Roving Vehicle, NASA provided global audiences with unprecedented real time visual data of the Lunar Module Falcon ascending from the Hadley-Apennine region. This achievement demonstrated advanced engineering in signal transmission and remote operation, marking a pivotal moment in the public dissemination of space exploration history. #Apollo15 #NASA #SpaceHistory #LunarExploration
#space #nasa #spaceexploration
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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:
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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
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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
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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.
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A little overview of the new pizza delivery mission in Low Earth Orbit Adventures
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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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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 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.
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Remembering Magnetic Memories and the Apollo AGC
https://2earth.github.io/website/20260304.html
#HackerNews #MagneticMemories #ApolloAGC #SpaceHistory #TechNostalgia #RetroComputing
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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
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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."
#NASA #space #goddardspaceflightcenter #science #archive #history #spacehistory #techhistory #trump #reorg #waste #federalgovernment #fedgov #trumpadministration
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Moving Images Related to the Apollo Missions, 1967–1969
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133360601
#HackerNews #ApolloMissions #MovingImages #SpaceHistory #1960sNASA #Archives
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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