06/17/18
14 astronauts shared their thoughts and reactions about space, space tourism, space movies and other topics during a unique panel discussion that took place aboard the shakedown cruise of Viking cruise line 's newest ship, the Viking Orion.
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06/25/15
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Seattle’s Museum of Flight has placed 25 life-size, space-suited astronaut statues around town. Each statue began as a white fiberglass statue and was then transformed by a local artist into something new. The museum is encouraging locals and visitors to find astronauts around town, take selfies and post them on […]
01/04/15
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first spacewalks in 1965, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC is launching a new exhibition, “Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extravehicular Activity.” The exhibit runs from January 8 through June 8, 2015 and includes artifacts, personal accounts and photographs, including the impressive images shared […]
07/21/12
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair — an event shaped by the Soviet Union’s launch of sputnik, President Eisenhower’s creation of NASA and President Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon. I’ve been working on a series of short radio pieces about the fair with public radio […]