More from Amy Shira Teitel (Page 2)

Apollo 11 First Stage Separation

How the Saturn V Broke into Pieces Launching to the Moon How the Saturn V Broke into Pieces Launching to the Moon

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Command-Service Module Separation

How Did the Apollo Command and Service Modules Separate? How Did the Apollo Command and Service Modules Separate?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Why Did The Air Force Play With Cats In Space?

Why Did The Air Force Play With Cats In Space? Why Did The Air Force Play With Cats In Space?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Michaelson channeling his inner astronaut.

Meet The First Civilian To Successfully Launch A Rocket Into Space Meet The First Civilian To Successfully Launch A Rocket Into Space

By Amy Shira Teitel

A Gemini Model with Paraglider

The Paraglider: How NASA Tried And Failed To Land Without Parachutes The Paraglider: How NASA Tried And Failed To Land Without Parachutes

By Amy Shira Teitel

What Really Happened When Apollo 10 Heard Music in Space?

What Really Happened When Apollo 10 Heard Music in Space? What Really Happened When Apollo 10 Heard Music in Space?

By Amy Shira Teitel

This is what Downtime Looked Like Going to the Moon This is what Downtime Looked Like Going to the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

How the Apollo lunar modules were smashed for science

How the Apollo lunar modules were smashed for science How the Apollo lunar modules were smashed for science

By Amy Shira Teitel

Liftoff of a spaceship

An Apollo Lunar Landing Told Through Vintage Art An Apollo Lunar Landing Told Through Vintage Art

By Amy Shira Teitel

How NASA Broadcast Neil Armstrong Live from the Moon

How NASA Broadcast Neil Armstrong Live from the Moon How NASA Broadcast Neil Armstrong Live from the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

Explorer 1’s 1958 launch

The Interservice Rivalry that Delayed America’s First Satellite Launch The Interservice Rivalry that Delayed America’s First Satellite Launch

By Amy Shira Teitel

How the Stage was Set for the Satellite Race

How the Stage was Set for the Satellite Race How the Stage was Set for the Satellite Race

By Amy Shira Teitel

NASA’s earliest Christmases in Space Weren’t All Merry

NASA’s earliest Christmases in Space Weren’t All Merry NASA’s earliest Christmases in Space Weren’t All Merry

By Amy Shira Teitel

How Otto Winzen Took Men Into the Stratosphere

How Otto Winzen Took Men Into the Stratosphere How Otto Winzen Took Men Into the Stratosphere

By Amy Shira Teitel

Was The V-2 A Nazi Weapon?

Was The V-2 A Nazi Weapon? Was The V-2 A Nazi Weapon?

By Amy Shira Teitel

A Brief History of Space Stations before the ISS

A Brief History of Space Stations before the ISS A Brief History of Space Stations before the ISS

By Amy Shira Teitel

These Incredible Space Station Concepts Never Got Off The Ground

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By Amy Shira Teitel

Jack Northrop and the UFO-Lookin’ Flying Wings

Jack Northrop and the UFO-Lookin’ Flying Wings Jack Northrop and the UFO-Lookin’ Flying Wings

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The Manned Orbiting Laboratory the Air Force Failed to Launch

The Manned Orbiting Laboratory the Air Force Failed to Launch The Manned Orbiting Laboratory the Air Force Failed to Launch

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Ed Dwight, the African American Astronaut who Never Flew

Ed Dwight, the African American Astronaut who Never Flew Ed Dwight, the African American Astronaut who Never Flew

By Amy Shira Teitel

When We First Saw The Far Side Of The Moon

When We First Saw The Far Side Of The Moon When We First Saw The Far Side Of The Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Moon from Luna 3

The CIA’s Bold Kidnapping of a Soviet Spacecraft The CIA’s Bold Kidnapping of a Soviet Spacecraft

By Amy Shira Teitel

Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Jack Schmitt

These Apollo pictures show the crowded life of lunar astronauts These Apollo pictures show the crowded life of lunar astronauts

By Amy Shira Teitel

Here Are Some Weird Facts About Pooping in Space

Here Are Some Weird Facts About Pooping in Space Here Are Some Weird Facts About Pooping in Space

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Meet the Gemini Radar Evaluation Pod

Meet the Gemini Radar Evaluation Pod Meet the Gemini Radar Evaluation Pod

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Diagram of Korabl-Sputnik 1

Remember when a Soviet spacecraft landed in Wisconsin? Remember when a Soviet spacecraft landed in Wisconsin?

By Amy Shira Teitel

What’s The Deal With The Apollo Milkstool?

What’s The Deal With The Apollo Milkstool? What’s The Deal With The Apollo Milkstool?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Here’s the View from the Highest Ever Orbital Mission

Here’s the View from the Highest Ever Orbital Mission Here’s the View from the Highest Ever Orbital Mission

By Amy Shira Teitel

This Is What It Looked Like the First Time We Saw Mars

This Is What It Looked Like the First Time We Saw Mars This Is What It Looked Like the First Time We Saw Mars

By Amy Shira Teitel

This is Why the Titan Rockets Launch with a “Bwoop!”

This is Why the Titan Rockets Launch with a “Bwoop!” This is Why the Titan Rockets Launch with a “Bwoop!”

By Amy Shira Teitel

Why the Soviet space shuttle was left to rot

Why the Soviet space shuttle was left to rot Why the Soviet space shuttle was left to rot

By Amy Shira Teitel

The space plane that wasn’t: everything you never needed to know about Dyna-Soar

The space plane that wasn’t: everything you never needed to know about Dyna-Soar The space plane that wasn’t: everything you never needed to know about Dyna-Soar

By Amy Shira Teitel

New Horizons’ Pluto Encounter is Already Amazing

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How Apollo 13 Launched With a Bomb on Board

How Apollo 13 Launched With a Bomb on Board How Apollo 13 Launched With a Bomb on Board

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Celebrating Apollo 13’s Anniversary in Style

Celebrating Apollo 13’s Anniversary in Style Celebrating Apollo 13’s Anniversary in Style

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Here’s What the Beginnings of Spaceflight Looked Like in the 1950s

Here’s What the Beginnings of Spaceflight Looked Like in the 1950s Here’s What the Beginnings of Spaceflight Looked Like in the 1950s

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In a Fight Between a Pilot and his Aircraft, Sometimes the Rocket Plane Wins

In a Fight Between a Pilot and his Aircraft, Sometimes the Rocket Plane Wins In a Fight Between a Pilot and his Aircraft, Sometimes the Rocket Plane Wins

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How do Planetary Flybys Work?

How do Planetary Flybys Work? How do Planetary Flybys Work?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Why was the Saturn V Black and White?

Why was the Saturn V Black and White? Why was the Saturn V Black and White?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Here’s What Christmas Looks Like on the Moon

Here’s What Christmas Looks Like on the Moon Here’s What Christmas Looks Like on the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

Bored Gemini V Astronauts Took These Amazing Images Of Earth From Space

Bored Gemini V Astronauts Took These Amazing Images Of Earth From Space Bored Gemini V Astronauts Took These Amazing Images Of Earth From Space

By Amy Shira Teitel

Getting The X-15 Up To Speed

Getting The X-15 Up To Speed Getting The X-15 Up To Speed

By Amy Shira Teitel

Genesis of the X-15 Rocket Plane

Genesis of the X-15 Rocket Plane Genesis of the X-15 Rocket Plane

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NSFW Lunar EVA Checklists

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NASA’s (Un)Censored Moonwalkers

NASA’s (Un)Censored Moonwalkers NASA’s (Un)Censored Moonwalkers

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Apollo 12’s Tuna Problem

Apollo 12’s Tuna Problem Apollo 12’s Tuna Problem

By Amy Shira Teitel

Apollo 12’S Was A Launch With Lunches And Lightning Strikes

Apollo 12’S Was A Launch With Lunches And Lightning Strikes Apollo 12’S Was A Launch With Lunches And Lightning Strikes

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Operation Plumbbob and the Psychology of a Nuclear Blast

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Operation Cue, A.K.A. Nuking Houses for Emergency Preparedness

Operation Cue, A.K.A. Nuking Houses for Emergency Preparedness Operation Cue, A.K.A. Nuking Houses for Emergency Preparedness

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Atomic Pin Up Girls

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Rocking A Rocket: The Saturn 500F Shake Test

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Dr. Strughold’s Flight with a Numbed Bum

Dr. Strughold’s Flight with a Numbed Bum Dr. Strughold’s Flight with a Numbed Bum

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Eisenhower’s Meeting with a Missile Nose Cone

Eisenhower’s Meeting with a Missile Nose Cone Eisenhower’s Meeting with a Missile Nose Cone

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Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side

Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side

By Amy Shira Teitel

A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator

A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator

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John Paul Stapp, a Real Life Rocket (Sled) Man

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Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket?

Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket? Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket?

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Apollo Rocketed Through the Van Allen Belts

Apollo Rocketed Through the Van Allen Belts Apollo Rocketed Through the Van Allen Belts

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Doodles in the National Archives

Doodles in the National Archives Doodles in the National Archives

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Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now

Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now

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The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon

The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Most Aptly Named Dyna-Soar

The Most Aptly Named Dyna-Soar The Most Aptly Named Dyna-Soar

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When NASA Repurposed the Vehicle Assembly Building for Parachute Tests

When NASA Repurposed the Vehicle Assembly Building for Parachute Tests When NASA Repurposed the Vehicle Assembly Building for Parachute Tests

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How Apollo Flew Without Wings

How Apollo Flew Without Wings How Apollo Flew Without Wings

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