by Emily Carney | Apr 16, 2019 | Space Shuttle, This Space Available
“I always used to dream of the past But like they say yesterday never comes Sometimes there’s a song in my brain And I feel that my heart knows the refrain I guess it’s just the music that brings on nostalgia for an age yet to come” –Buzzcocks,...
by Emily Carney | Mar 16, 2019 | Apollo, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, This Space Available
The last six months have brought us two major movies about Apollo 11, and some of its figures: First Man (released October 2018), and Apollo 11 (currently playing in theaters). While this 50th anniversary year will bring many related films, documentaries, and books to...
by Emily Carney | Mar 9, 2019 | Movies and Videos, Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
The documentary Searching For Skylab, released on Vimeo on March 5th, is a treasure trove of as-yet-unseen archival footage of the much-underrated early 1970s U.S. space station, inter-cut with commentary from its astronauts, workers, major players, and experts....
by Emily Carney | Mar 3, 2019 | Apollo, Movies and Videos, This Space Available
What ever happened to those faces in the old photographs I mean, the little boys… Boys?…Hell they were men Who stood knee deep in the Johnstown mud In the time of that terrible flood And they listened to the water, that awful noise And then they put away the dreams...
by National Space Society | Mar 1, 2019 | National Space Society, This Space Available
By Emily Carney Dr. Greg Autry has this week been appointed to the newly created position of NSS Vice President for Space Development. In this role he will work on publicity and fundraising and have a special focus on representing NSS to industry, to NASA, and to the...
by National Space Society | Jan 31, 2019 | This Space Available
Space hipster Emily Carney’s This Space Available blog is now a part of the National Space Society blog. Emily started This Space Available on Blogspot in 2010 primarily as a space history blog where Emily shares her personal observations on astronauts and a...
by Emily Carney | Nov 26, 2018 | Book Reviews, space books, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
STS-5 crew walkout, November 11, 1982. Front, from left: PLT Robert Overmyer and CDR Vance Brand. Back, from left: MS Bill Lenoir, George Abbey, and MS Joe Allen, laughing (astronaut John Young is behind Abbey). Note the sign in Lenoir’s hand. Photo credit:...
by Emily Carney | Oct 22, 2018 | Apollo, Astronauts, Gemini Program, Movies and Videos, NASA, This Space Available
Over a week has passed since First Man was released in the United States, and it continues to be the Number #1 topic of discussion among spaceflight enthusiasts. While the movie generally has been well-received by many, some viewers – particularly some male viewers –...
