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MOONWALKER DAVID SCOTT IS 94 TODAY![]()
A veteran of Gemini 8, Apollo 9 and Apollo 15, the seventh human to walk on the Moon, astronaut David Scott, is 94 years old today, born in San Antonio, Texas on June 6, 1932.![]()
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Scott is the only Apollo moon-landing commander, and one of just four of the twelve moonwalkers who are alive: Buzz Aldrin, 97; Charlie Duke, 90 and Harrison Schmitt, 90, are the others.![]()
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In July 1971, Scott commanded Apollo 15, which was the first extended scientific exploration of the Moon, camping out for three days at Hadley Rille with Jim Irwin and utilizing the first Lunar Roving Vehicle to explore an alien world. ![]()
Scott flew on Gemini 8 with Neil Armstrong on the first docking in space in 1966, which was the first emergency aborted mission caused by a stuck thruster. Three years later, Scott was Command Module pilot on the shakedown of the Lunar Module in Earth orbit on Apollo 9 in 1969. ![]()
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His 23 days in space include five Extravehicular Activities, two of which were “stand up:” one outside the Command Module hatch of Apollo 9 and the second surveying the Apennine Mountain landing site from the docking hatch of Lunar Module-10, “Falcon.”![]()
Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force and was a fighter pilot in Europe.![]()
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Dr. David R. Scott was the Director of NASA's Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA from 1975-77 (now the Armstrong Flight Research Center). ![]()
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Scott was a commentator for British television on the first Space Shuttle flight (STS-1) in April 1981. He also was a consultant on the film Apollo 13 and for the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.Scott consulted on the 3D IMAX film, Magnificent Desolation (2005), showing Apollo astronauts on the Moon, and produced by Tom Hanks and the IMAX Corporation. He is one of the astronauts featured in the 2007 book and documentary In the Shadow of the Moon![]()
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www.nasa.gov/people/dr-david-r-scott/
Eric Baker with Updates ISS Leak and BO Explosion![]()
NASA Shuttle engineer Eric Baker follows up on the New Glenn catastrophe, and insight to the leaking Russian segment on the ISS
Eric Baker with Updates ISS Leak and BO Explosion
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GUEST ERIC BAKER TALKS CURRENT EVENTS today 4 pm EDT live or anytime on YouTube www.youtube.com/@AmericanSpaceMuseum/streams![]()
NASA Shuttle Test Project Engineer Eric Baker shares current events with host MarQ on Blue Origin's recovery after New Glenn explosion and an emergency on the ISS
SHUTTLE COLUMBIA WITH RECORD THREE WOMEN LAUNCHED TODAY IN 1991![]()
Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on its 11 flight in 1991 at 9:24 am on June 5th as STS-40, the first mission dedicated soley to life sciences using the Spacelab habitable module in the payload bay. ![]()
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STS-40 was a nine-day mission and the fifth of Spacelab. Seven crew members included three women crew members.![]()
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The intensive human and biological experiments provoked the g "MASH" photo for NASA cameras!![]()
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The female astronauts were:Tamara Jernigan, on her first of five spaceflights; Rhea Seddon on her second of three spaceflights and Millie Hughes-Fulford on her only spaceflight. Millie died in 2021. ![]()
They were commanded by Bryan O'Connor (2nd and last spaceflight). Pilot was Sidney Gutierrez, (first of 2 flights); and the other mission specialists was James Bagian (2nd and last).![]()
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The nine-day biology mission had as subjects the astronauts, 30 rodents and thousands of tiny jellyfish. Primary SLS-1 experiments studied six body systems; of 18 investigations, ten involved humans, seven involved rodents, and one used jellyfish.
Shuttlefest V is almost here 🚀![]()
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Don’t miss your chance to experience space history up close and connect with the people who helped shape it.![]()
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👨🚀Meet astronauts![]()
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🌌Be part of a truly unforgettable event![]()
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Spots are limited, and time is running out.![]()
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Register now and join us in Titusville: spacewalkoffame.org/event/shuttlefest-5
SIGN UP NOW FOR OUR FREE BILINGUAL STEAM SUMMER CAMP, JULY 21, 22, & 23![]()
Thanks for a grant from the NASA Alumni League, there is no cost, but limited to 15 students. When full we will have a waiting list. ![]()
Please contact volunteer educator Natalia Sepulvada to register: call or text Natalia at (386) 216-7509, or the museum at (321) 264-0434.
Jefferson Michaelis & Brazilian STEAM Foundation![]()
ASM friend Jefferson Michaelis from Brazil talks about his foundation to provide educational tools for kids to escape poverty.4uuu3
Jefferson Michaelis & Brazilian STEAM Foundation
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ASM friend Jefferson Michaelis from Brazil talks about his foundati...
ASM FRIEND JEFFERSON MICHAELIS TALKS ABOUT HIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN BRAZIL live at 4 pm EDT or anytime on YouTube www.youtube.com/@AmericanSpaceMuseum/streams![]()
Jefferson provides the tools for kids to "lead productive lives, and help themselves out of poverty." Join the conversation with Host MarQ![]()
#steameducation #supportlocalmuseum #spacecoast #podcast #americanspacemuseum
TWO FORMER ISS COMMANDERS AND “PEACOCKS” BORN TODAY, SHANNON WALKER, 61, AND SHANE KIMBROUGH, 59![]()
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Active astronauts Shannon Walker and Shane Kimbrough probably met in the 19th NASA astronaut class of 2004, nicknamed “The Peacocks.” And they learned they not only shared June 4th as their birthday, both in Texas, but each became a long duration International Space Station commander. ![]()
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Born in Houston, Texas on June 4, 1965, Shannon Walker is celebrating her 62nd birthday today. She has 331 days in space on two ISS Expeditions, and is married to astronaut Andy Thomas.![]()
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Robert Shane Kimbrough was born in Kileen Texas on June 4, 1967, and has accumulated 388 days in space, flying on Shuttle Endeavour for 16 days and then taking a Russian Soyuz and SpaceX Dragon Crew-2 to the ISS Expeditions 49/50 and 65/66. He is one of the most experienced spacewalkers with nine and nearly 60 hours outside the protection of a spacecraft.![]()
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Walker graduated in 1983 from Westbury High School. Walker then went on to study physics at Rice University in Texas, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics in 1987.![]()
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On a video, Kimbrough says 5 things people don’t know about him are: 1) went to elementary school in Germany; 2) childhood friends with Julia Roberts middle school/high school in Smyrna, Georgia; 3) U.S. Army Jumpmaster & Apache pilot; 4) loves all sports; 5) passion for teaching youth at church.![]()
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#spaceexploration #astronautbirthday #NASAastronauts
Gemini June 3rd "Two-Fer" GT-4 & GT-9![]()
Host MarQ and co-producer Marty put you in the "time machine" to share these two important missions of the 10 Gemini flights of 1965 & '66.
Gemini June 3rd "Two-Fer" GT-4 & GT-9
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AMERICA'S FIRST AND SECOND SPACE WALKS REMEMBERED SIX DECADES AGO live at 4 pm or anytime in YouTube: www.youtube.com/@AmericanSpaceMuseum/streams![]()
Host MarQ and co-producer Marty put you in the "time machine" to share these two important mission of the 10 Gemini flights of 1965 & '66.
ICONIC IMAGE OF SPACE AGE 61 YEARS AGO CAPTURED BY ARTIST CHRIS CALLE![]()
Gemini IV commander, the late Jim McDivitt said this:![]()
“This stunning oil painting by my friend Chris Calle is my view of my Gemini 4 crewmate Ed White set against the perfectly beautiful, blue Earth. Ed was having so much fun doing his spacewalk that he didn’t want to get back in the spacecraft. Chris Kraft was getting nervous, and I wanted him back in before it got dark so they we could close the hatch.”![]()
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More Chris Calle Art, who is an ASM partner, at: ![]()
www.callespaceart.com/
June is National Museum Month, a time to celebrate the places that preserve history and inspire future generations.![]()
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At the American Space Museum, your support helps us:![]()
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🔹Preserve one-of-a-kind space artifacts and stories![]()
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GEMINI TWO-FER: McDIVITT & WHITE ON GEMINI IV IN 1965; STAFFORD & CERNAN ON GEMINI IX IN 1966![]()
Sixty one years ago, Gemini IV was launched on June 3, 1965, and one year later on June 3, 1966, Gemini IX was launched—a coincidence of many factors.![]()
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Each two-man mission had many American space “firsts” as NASA learned how to keep astronauts alive in space and fly spaceships during the Moon Race with the Soviet Union. ![]()
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Commander Jim McDivitt leads Ed White II up the ramp toward the elevator at the Pad 19 gantry a couple hours before their 11:15 am EST launch on the Gemini IV on June 3, 1995. Four hours later on the third orbit, White would perform the first American spacewalk, venturing for 22-minutes outside the two-man spaceship. They spent four days in space, orbiting the Earth 62 times.![]()
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Tom Stafford, making his second flight in 6 months (Gemini VI), and rookie Gene Cernan, who would perform what turned out to be a dangerous, two-hour spacewalk cut short by exhaustion, are leaving the “suit trailer” for the van taking them to Pad 19 and a 9:39 am launch of the Titan II rocket. They were the back-up crew who replaced Elliott See and Richard Bassett, killed in a T-38 plane crash at the St. Louis, Missouri airstrip of McDonald Corp., builders of the Gemini spacecraft. ![]()
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They were in space three days, which included the rendezvous of the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA), but a nose faring failed to eject on it, prohibiting docking and giving the ATDA the nickname “Angry Alligator.”![]()
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Launch of Gemini IV![]()
on a Titan II rocket and a beautiful view of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 19. Note the water sprinklers, windsock and various structures in details of this remote film camera.
STS-91 Vodka Run! And Surveyor 1![]()
Did contraband fly to the Russian Mir Space Station on STS-91 in 1998? And the historic landing of Surveyor 1 on the Moon in 1966.
STS-91 Vodka Run! And Surveyor 1
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DID HE SAY "VODKA RUN?" Stay Curious today live at 4 pm or anytime on YouTube![]()
Host MarQ looks at the Surveyor 1 historic soft landing the Moon, and a little known fact about STS-91 launched this date in 1998 with...contraband?
HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY TO MARK "ROMAN" POLANSKY, THREE SHUTTLE MISSIONS![]()
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Happy birthday to a former Space Shuttle commander, Mark Lewis "Roman" Polansky, the big “7-0” years old today. Born in Paterson, New Jersey on June. 2, 1956, growing up in Edison. Polansky received the nickname "Roman" as a joke, because he shares a last name with film director Roman Polanski.![]()
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He is a retired NASA astronaut pilot and commander: STS-98, pilot, Atlantis in December 2001 delivering the U.S.laboratory module Destiny to the International Space Station; STS-116, pilot, Endeavour in July 2009, an ISS construction mission; and STS-127, commander, another ISS construction mission. He has spent 42 days in space.![]()
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Selected as an astronaut in 1996, Polansky retired from the Astronaut Corps in June 30, 2012. "Mark is a remarkably talented individual," said Peggy Whitson, Chief of the Astronaut Office. "His skills as an aviator coupled with his engineering expertise were a valuable contribution to our team. We wish him well in his future endeavors."![]()
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Polansky's father, Irving, was Jewish. His mother, Edith, is originally from Hawaii and is of Korean descent. Polansky was raised as a Jew, and honored his father's heritage by taking a teddy bear from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum along for the ride on STS-116.![]()
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Polansky graduated from John P. Stevens High School, Edison, New Jersey in 1974, and received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, and a master of science degree in aeronautics and astronautics, from Purdue University, both in 1978. He earned his pilot wings in January 1980 at Vance AFB, Oklahoma. From 1980 to 1983, he was assigned to Langley AFB, Virginia, where he flew the F-15 aircraft.![]()
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In his hometown of Edison, NJ, a park is named for him on Grove Ave., across the street from his alma mater of J. P. Stevens High School. Recently in June 2006 the township officials unveiled a sign for Mark Polansky Park while his friends and family were there with him for this presentation. He frequently returns to Edison for programs at the local library for the kids.
Current Events: New Glenn Update, Taikonauts land![]()
Join host MarQ and co-producer Marty Winkel as they catch up space news and history, including the final Shuttle landing of OV-103, Discovery.
Current Events: New Glenn Update, Taikonauts land
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Join host MarQ and co-producer Marty Winkel as they catch up space news and history, including the final Shuttle landing of OV-103, Discovery.
GET CAUGHT UP WITH CURRENT EVENTS & SPACE HISTORY 4 pm live Monday through Friday or anytime in YouTube www.youtube.com/@AmericanSpaceMuseum/streams
ASM'S YOUTUBE PODCAST IS IN IT'S 7TH YEAR AND MORE THAN 1,500 EPISODES--ALL LIVE!![]()
Executive producer and host, Mark Marquette, and co-producer Marty Winkel have provided this informative, laid-back and non-scripted program to promote the American Space Museum and its responsibility to preserve the birth of the American Space Age where it all began, Brevard County, Florida!