get both teary-eyed and amped up about the future of space exploration. After you've read these NASA books and upvoted the best of them below, give these autobiographies of astronauts to your kids, your friends, your mom, and just about anyone you know. You (and they) won't regret it...
get both teary-eyed and amped up about the future of space exploration. After you've read these NASA books and upvoted the best of them below, give these autobiographies of astronauts to your kids, your friends, your mom, and just about anyone you know. You (and they) won't regret it...
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow), Maria Maggenti (Puccini for Beginners), Cory McAbee (The American Astronaut) and Jody Hill (The Foot Fist Way) have been tapped to create three- to five-minute low-budget original shorts as part of...
There’s a few problems though. Roy suffers from severe acrophobia (that’s fear of heights, not exacltly something a brave astronaut is supposed to have). Also, that letter of acceptance by NASA wasn’t meant for him to have a position as an astronaut, but to be a janitor at NASA. ...
Verbal Shenanigans Episode 140-Abby the Astronaut!: With Scott Brennan, Michael Burlew, Abby Harrison. 2017 has been such a good year so far for the show. This episode keeps the streak going. Abigail Harrison, a 19 year old girl who is determined to be t
Universal Pictures wanted to capture some of that family entertainment for the movie theaters, so they cast one of the most successful comedians on television of the time, Don Knotts, to star in a couple of movies, slated for theatrical release. This is when the term "children's comedy" ...
Did Neil Armstrong really have a serious talk with his kids about the possibility of him not returning from the mission? Yes. Armstrong's sons, Rick and Mark, toldUSA Todaythat their father indeed talked with them before going to space and walking on the moon. "That scene came from us,...
This song comes from one of the most clever space movies of recent history. "Don't Look Up" parodies the climate change crisis by showing two astronomers tracking a deadly comet (the scientists are played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) trying desperately to warn the public and ...
I remember giving a presentation in sixth grade where I displayed pictures of the various rockets in the space program and gave some interesting facts about NASA. Like many, I was awed with the prospect of space flight—fueled by science fiction movies which glamorized the profession—but alas,...
I was also influenced by science fiction — by movies like Star Wars and by books! As I grew older,I came to realize how difficult it would be to achieve this dream,but my passion for human spaceflight,the desire to explore,and the challenge of it all kept the dream alive....