On 24th March of this year, George Abbey died at the age of 91. One of the most influencial people working behind the scenes at NASA for many years and someone who has come up many times during many interviews. So we wanted to spend an episode to pay tribute to his contributions. To do this we’re joined by Michael Cassutt, author of the 2018 book “The Astronaut Maker - How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation” George Abbey NASA Obituary: https://www.nasa.gov/people/george-w-s-abbey/ Michael Cassutt: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-cassutt-5680841/ X: https://twitter.com/MichaelCassutt  The Astronaut Maker: https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/the-astronaut-maker-products-9781613737002.php?page_id=30&cid=347961 Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/ Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On April 8th there will be a total eclipse travelling across Mexico, the United States and Canada so today we talk to Stephen Wolfram, who earlier this year released a book called “Predicting the Eclipse: A Multimillennium Tale of Computation.” - we learn about the history of predicting eclipses and so much more.  Stephen Wolfram: https://www.stephenwolfram.com/  X: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwolfram/  Predicting the Eclipse: A Multimillennium Tale of Computation https://www.wolfram-media.com/products/predicting-the-eclipse/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp188-predicting-the-eclipse-a-multimillennium-tale-of-computation-with-stephen-wolfram Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talk to Dr. Tracy Scott who has just started a project to bring together her own history as an early era “astronaut kid” (daughter of David R. Scott: Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15) with her professional expertise as a sociologist and teacher. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Dave’s Tour Dates: http://www.davejgiles.com/gigs Dr Tracy Scott: https://tracylscott.org/ https://sociology.emory.edu/people/bios/Scott-Tracy%20L..html Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prof.t.l.scott/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp187-moonshot-astronaut-families-exploring-image-vs-reality-in-the-early-space-era-with-dr-tracy-scott Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Life Magazine Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sad news this week as the space world mourns the loss of General Thomas P. Stafford, pilot of Gemini 6 and commander of Gemini 9a, Apollo 10 and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. A true legend of spaceflight and he will be missed. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Dave’s Tour Dates: http://www.davejgiles.com/gigs Tom Stafford Obituary:  https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-thomas-stafford-obituary  Bill Moore:  https://www.facebook.com/bill.moore.18007218  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp186-remembering-general-thomas-p-stafford-with-bill-moore Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we conclude the interviews we recorded at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in January by asking about what it means to be a curator at the museum. We had three interview and we spoke to each of the individually about various aspects of life as a curator and have merged those aspects into this episode. We hope that you enjoyed the episode from our field trip and hope that we get to do more. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Dave’s Tour Dates: http://www.davejgiles.com/gigs Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/margaret-weitekamp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretweitekamp/ Dr. Jennifer Levasseur: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/jennifer-levasseur  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-levasseur-00695612a/ Dr Teasel Muir-Harmony:  https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/teasel-muir-harmony LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teasel-muir-harmony-3a67519/ The Smithonsian Air And Space Museum: https://airandspace.si.edu/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp185-the-art-of-museum-curation-with-dr-teasel-muir-harmony-dr-jennifer-levasseur-and-dr-margaret-weitekamp Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASM Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak to David Woods, the editor of a brand new movie called ‘Galileo Moon’ which is all about the Apollo 15 mission and is produced by the commander of that mission, Dave Scott. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Dave’s Tour Dates: http://www.davejgiles.com/gigs David Woods: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-woods-22979734/  Galileo Moon: https://film.apollo15hub.org/ Apollo Space Journal: https://www.nasa.gov/history/afj/index.html  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/ Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak to Dr. Margaret Weitekamp, the Space History Department Chair at the Smithsonian Institution and the curator of the Air and Space Museum’s social and Cultural history of spaceflight collection, more than 5,000 artefacts that include space memorabilia and space science fiction objects. Dr. Weitekamp also recently published Space Craze: America’s Enduring Fascination with Real and Imagined Spaceflight, a wonderful book which we highly recommend.  100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/margaret-weitekamp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretweitekamp/ Space Craze: https://airandspace.si.edu/research/publications/space-craze Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: https://airandspace.si.edu/research/publications/right-stuff-wrong-sex-americas-first-women-space-program  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp183-space-craze-our-enduring-fascination-with-real-and-imagined-spaceflight-with-dr-margaret-weitekamp Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASM Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak to Logan Jaeren who is just about to launch STEAM4SPACE to try and use his extensive mission patch collection to help inspire the next generations. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings STEAM4SPACE: https://steam4space.org/?page=section/home.html Space exploration Patches: https://sxpatches.com/  Logan Jaeren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loganjaeren/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp182-using-mission-patches-to-inspire-the-next-generation-steam4space-with-logan-jaeren Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: STEAM4SPACE Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are only 3 Space Shuttle Orbiters left. Atlantis is on display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Endeavour will be on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles and Discovery is at the Udvar-Hazy Center just outside of Washington DC. While we were in Washington we caught up with Dr. Jennifer Levasseur, the curator of the Space Shuttle Program for the Smithsonian and we tried to find out how you use a Space Shuttle to tell it’s history and inspire the next generation. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Dr. Jennifer Levasseur: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/jennifer-levasseur  Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center  Being Discovery’s Curator by Dr. Jennifer Levasseur: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/being-discoverys-curator  Apollo 13 Minute Podcast Featuring Dr. Jennifer Levasseur:  https://www.apollo13minute.com/cm/episodes/minute-009-give-me-a-lever-long-enough/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp181-telling-the-story-of-the-space-shuttle-with-dr-jennifer-levasseur Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASM Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A recent NASA report wasn't too encouraging about the use of space based solar power to help solve the planets energy problems, but we think there might be more to it than the report suggests so we speak to an expert on the subject John Mankins, who has been working on this since the 1990s. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings John Mankins:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mankins-a89a7130/  NASA’s Space-Based Solar Power Report: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/otps-sbsp-report-final-tagged-approved-1-8-24-tagged-v2.pdf?emrc=744da1 The Case For Space Solar Power book: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Space-Solar-Power/dp/099133700X  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp180-can-space-based-solar-power-save-the-planet-with-john-mankins Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA SPS-ALPHA concept by John C. Mankins Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

February 8th 1974 marked the end of the crewed missions to Skylab, America's first space station. To celebrate this 50th anniversary we take a look at that mission and the legacy of Skylab. We're helped to do this by Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo Collection at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings More on Dr Muir-Harmony: https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/teasel-muir-harmony X: https://twitter.com/teaselmuir Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teaselmuir/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teasel-muir-harmony-3a67519/ The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: https://airandspace.si.edu/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airandspacemuseum/ X: https://twitter.com/airandspace Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/airandspace Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp179-the-mutiny-episode-skylab-4-50th-anniversary-with-dr-teasel-muir-harmony Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 2 of our deep dive into space policy with Casey Dreier the Chief of Space Policy at the Planetary Society. This week we learn about the Mars Sample Return mission and how the upcoming US election might affect NASA. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Casey Dreier:  https://www.planetary.org/profiles/casey-dreier Threads: https://www.threads.net/@caseydreierspace  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-dreier-7371a054/ The Planetary Society: https://www.planetary.org/ Space Advocacy 101 Course: https://www.planetary.org/courses Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition with Casey Dreier: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/space-policy-edition  The Space Advocate Newsletter: https://secure.planetary.org/site/SPageNavigator/advocacy_newsletter.html  Planetary Society Day Of Action: https://www.planetary.org/advocacy/day-of-action  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/ Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak to Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at the Planetary Society. We’ve been wanting to take a deeper dive into space policy for a while now and Casey is the perfect person to help us understand how it all works. Part 2 of this interview will be in next week’s podcast. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Casey Dreier:  https://www.planetary.org/profiles/casey-dreier Threads: https://www.threads.net/@caseydreierspace  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-dreier-7371a054/ The Planetary Society: https://www.planetary.org/ Space Advocacy 101 Course: https://www.planetary.org/courses Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition with Casey Dreier: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/space-policy-edition  The Space Advocate Newsletter: https://secure.planetary.org/site/SPageNavigator/advocacy_newsletter.html  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp177-space-policy-aka-how-things-happen-in-space-with-casey-dreier Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: The Planetary Society Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We often get messages asking for advice on how to help encourage younger people with space flight. Well our guest this week has been doing that for over 25 years. Chris Barber founded ISSET space in 1998 and has had 60 different astronauts and cosmonauts involved with events around the globe to inspire people. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings ISSET Space: https://www.isset.space/ Mission Discovery: https://www.isset.space/pages/missiondiscovery Chris Barber: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-barber-3478361a/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp176-how-to-inspire-people-using-spaceflight-with-isset-space-founder-chris-barber Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: ISSET Space Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new year brings in a new first, a new rocket from United Launch Alliance, the Vulcan Centaur, is due to launch on January 8th and the first private Lunar Lander. So we want to learn more about one of the payloads on board. With that in mind we speak to Charles Chafer, CEO of Celestis Memorial Spaceflights about their second Luna mission and their first deep space Voyager mission. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Celestis: https://www.celestis.com Charles Chafer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-chafer-8652684/ Countdown to Vulcan: https://www.ulalaunch.com/rockets/vulcan-centaur/countdown-to-vulcan Vulcan Payload Blog: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/vulcan-cert-1-payloads-mounted-atop-rocket-for-launch  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp175-celestis-memorial-spaceflights-with-ceo-charles-chafer Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Celestis Memorial Spaceflights Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 is just around the corner so we carry on from last week and preview what we can hope to see in the upcoming year, to do this we're once again joined by the hosts of This Week In Space: Rod Pyle and Tarik Malik.  100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings This Week In Space Podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space Rod Pyle:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodpyleleadership/ Tariq Malik: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tariq-j-malik/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp174-2024-the-big-preview-with-rod-pyle-and-tariq-malik Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Space and Things Podcast Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time for our 2023 annual review and we’re joined by two big stars of the space world to take a look back at what’s happened this year, the hosts of This Week In Space: Rod Pyle and Tarik Malik.  100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings This Week In Space Podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space Rod Pyle:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodpyleleadership/ Tariq Malik: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tariq-j-malik/ Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp173-2023-year-end-review-with-rod-pyle-and-tariq-mallik Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Space and Things Podcast Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’re joined by David Chudwin, author of a wonderful book called “I Was A Teenage Space Reporter” – David was among the only college journalists accredited to cover the 1969 Apollo 11 launch and first landing on the Moon. At age 19, he was one of only a handful of teenagers with official press passes at the Kennedy Space Center for the launch. He gives us a wonderful insight to what it was like being at the launch of the most famous space mission of all time, Apollo 11. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings David Chudwin: https://davidchudwin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-chudwin-m-d-8b891820/ X: https://twitter.com/DChudwin Buy the book: US: https://www.amazon.com/Was-Teenage-Space-Reporter-Apollo/dp/0999187120/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=I+was+a+teenage+space+reporter&qid=1553167013&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Was-Teenage-Space-Reporter-Apollo/dp/0999187120/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1553167108&sr=8-1&keywords=i+was+a+teenage+space+reporter  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp172-i-was-a-teenage-space-reporter-getting-up-close-to-the-launch-of-apollo-11-with-david-chudwin Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: LID Publishing Inc. Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we want to share with you the story of the Sew Sisters, a group of women who used their skills to hand sew the thermal blankets used to protect the Space Shuttle. To do this we’re joined by one of the seamstresses, Jean Wright, who has just had a book written about her by Elise Matich called: “Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses.”  100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Jean Wright: X: https://twitter.com/JeanWright0274  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-wright-0b62b328/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jean.wright.39 Sew Sister Book: https://www.tilburyhouse.com/product-page/sew-sister  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp171-sew-sisters-the-untold-story-of-nasas-seamstresses-with-jean-wright Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: Tilbury House Publishers Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With so much focus on new heavy lift vehicles at the moment, we wanted to talk about the iconic Saturn V, so we asked John Duncan, founder of ApolloSaturn.com to join us to talk about this iconic rocket. 100 Patreons By Show 200: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings John Duncan: http://www.apollosaturn.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apollosaturncom/  Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp170-the-saturn-v-with-john-duncan Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week. Image Credits: NASA Space and Things: X: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/ Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings Business Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.