Sources and References
Table of Contents
If you’re looking for a list of books to read and enjoy, you’re probably better off checking the show’s recommended books list. This “Sources and Reference” page is likely overkill for that but could be helpful for anyone else doing their own research.
This page contains a mostly complete list of all sources used to create the podcast. I say “mostly” because early in the show I had lower standards for keeping detailed lists of all of my sources. I still sought out high quality sources, I just didn’t bother writing down what I was reading and for what purposes. Around the start of the shuttle program I started taking much more detailed notes.
Due to the massive number of sources, the scattershot nature of my old notes, and my lifelong habit of procrastination, please consider this page to be a never-ending work in progress. If you have any questions or are seeking sources for a particular topic, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Books>
Books #
- A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
- Author: Andrew Chaikin
- Publication Date: 28 August 2007
- ISBN: 978-0143112358
- Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon
- Author: Mike Gray
- Publication Date: 1 October 1992
- ISBN: 978-0393018929
- Note: Great insight into the creation of the Apollo Command Module.
- Apollo by the Numbers
- Author: Richard W. Orloff
- ISBN: 0-16-050631-X
- https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_00a_Cover.htm
- Before Lift-off: The Making of a Space Shuttle Crew
- Author: Henry S.F. Cooper Jr
- Publication Date: 1 September 1987
- ISBN: 978-1501123627
- Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986
- Authors: David Hitt, Heather R. Smith
- Publication Date: 1 June 2014
- ISBN: 978-0803226487
- Note: An excellent compilation of excerpts from early shuttle oral histories.
- Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft
- Authors: Courtney G Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson
- Publication Date: 1979
- https://www.history.nasa.gov/SP-4205/contents.html
- Note: This book is freely available online from NASA.
- Countdown
- Authors: Frank Borman, Robert J. Serling
- Publication Date: 1997
- ISBN: 978-0688079291
- Note: I bought this used online for $4.24, just to read for the show. Months after buying it I opened it up and discovered that it was autographed by Borman himself! Be sure to check your used books!
- Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle
- Authors: Deke Slayton, Michael Cassutt
- Publication Date: 1995
- ISBN: 9781466802148
- Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981 (History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 2)
- Author: T. A. Heppenheimer
- Publication Date: 6 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781588342850
- Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight
- Author: David A. Mindell
- Publication Date: 30 September 2011
- ISBN: 9780262516105
- Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight
- Author: David J. Shayler
- Publication Date: 17 May 2000
- ISBN: 978-1852332259
- Dressing for Altitude
- Author: Dennis R. Jenkins
- Publisher: NASA
- Publication Date: 2012
- https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/683215main_DressingAltitude-ebook.pdf
- Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and Sixties
- Author: Ben Evans
- Publication Date: 2 April 2010
- ISBN: 9780387790947
- Note: I’m not sure how I used this source. My notes say “Google Books preview” which means I probably just quickly double checked something. Since this happened right before the Gemini X episode, I’m guessing I used it for that.
- Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- Author: Gene Kranz
- Publication Date: 2009
- ISBN: 9781439148815
- Note: Kranz’s book touches on the entire space program up through the early shuttle flights. I didn’t make a record of which episodes it directly influenced but I read it right before the Mission Control episode, so I’m including it there and, of course, on Apollo 13.
- Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon
- Authors: Al Worden, Francis French
- Publication Date: 26 July 2011
- ISBN: 978-1588343093
- Note: Excellent book with a glimpse into what the role of CMP was like. Also an insider’s perspective on the postage cover scandal of Apollo 15.
- Flight: My Life in Mission Control
- Author: Chris Kraft
- Publication Date: 2001
- ISBN: 9780525945710
- Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story
- Authors: David Hitt, Owen K. Garriott, Joe Kerwin
- Publication Date: 2008
- ISBN: 9780803219014
- Note: This is the book that first revealed to me the incredible story of Skylab, Apollo’s hidden treasure.
- Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
- Author: Rowland White
- Publication Date: 19 April 2019
- ISBN: 978-1501123627
- Light this Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard
- Author: Neal Thompson
- Publication Date: 2004
- ISBN: 978-1400081226
- Note: I read this book years before starting the podcast and thoroughly enjoyed it. I didn’t actually use it as a real source for the podcast but it helped me learn the greater context, which let me search the sources for stories I knew I wanted to tell. Examples include the trouble with LM docking and landing radar.
- Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
- Authors: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
- Publication Date: 1994
- ISBN: 9780395670293
- Note: Later editions of this book were published under the title ‘Apollo 13’
- Note: I read this as a kid, shortly after it was published, and it was surely a contributing factor to my early fascination with human spaceflight. It’s a great book that I recommend all fans of spaceflight read.
- Magellan And the First Circumnavigation of the World
- Author: Ian Cameron
- ISBN: 0841502579 / 9780841502574
- Note: Used to confirm number of men on Magellan’s expedition.
- Moon Lander: How We Designed the Apollo Lunar Module
- Author: Thomas J. Kelly
- Publication Date: 11 January 2012
- ISBN: 9781588343611
- Note: A must-read for any fans of the LM.
- On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini
- Authors: Barton C. Hacker, James M. Grimwood
- Publication Date: 1977
- https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4203/toc.htm
- Note: This book is freely available online from NASA.
- Outposts on the Frontier: A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations
- Author: Jay Chladek
- Publication Date: 1 August 2017
- ISBN: 978-0803222922
- Partnership in Space: The Mid to Late Nineties
- Author: Ben Evans
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 978-1-4614-3277-7
- Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990 (SP-4313)
- Authors: Andrew J. Dunar, Stephen P. Waring
- Publication: The NASA History Series
- Publication Date: 1999
- Location: Chapter XII - The Hubble Space Telescope (p473)
- https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4313.pdf
- Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
- Author: Mike Mullane
- Publisher: Scribner
- Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir
- Author: Tom Jones
- Publisher: Harper Collins
- Note: Checking nickname for Astronaut Class 13
- Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned
- Authors: Roger D. Launius, John Krige, James I. Craigs
- Publication Date: 30 September 2013
- ISBN: 978-1624102165
- Space Shuttle: Developing an Icon - 1972-2013
- Author: Dennis R. Jenkins
- ISBN: 978-1-5800-7249-6
- Note: Jenkins’ book seems like an excellent source for the development of the shuttle, but its coverage of missions is largely just brief summaries of official mission reports.
- Space Shuttle: The First 20 Years – The Astronauts’ Experiences in Their Own Words
- Author: Tony Reichhardt (editor)
- Publisher: Smithsonian
- ISBN: 978-0789484253
- Note: Lots of great interviews in this book.
- Space Year 1991: The Complete Record of the Year’s Space Events
- Author: Nigel Macknight
- Publication Date: 1990
- Locations: Page 34-37, Page 45
- Spaceshots and Snapshots of Projects Mercury and Gemini: A Rare Photographic History
- Authors: John Bisney, J.L. Pickering
- Publication Date: December 2015
- ISBN: 978-0826352613
- Note: I have no recollection of using this for any episode information and my notes don’t help. I recall that it had some great photos though.
- Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer
- Authors: Jerry L. Ross, John Norberg
- Publication Date: 31 January 2013
- ISBN: 978-1557536310
- The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation
- Author: Frank O’Brien
- Publication Date: 2010
- ISBN: 9781441908773
- Note: Great insight into the actual operation of the Apollo Guidance Computer. It was especially helpful in the “How to Land on the Moon” episode.
- The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
- Author: Diane Vaughan
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN: 9780226851761
- Note: This book wasn’t used as a direct source when writing the STS-51L episodes. I read it years ago and it shaped my understanding of the accident, so I thought it would make sense to include it as an influence.
- The Edge of Space
- Author: Milt Thompson
- Publication Date: 6 August 2016
- ISBN: 978-1588343864
- The History of Manned Space Flight
- Author: David Baker
- Publication Date: 1981
- ISBN: 9780517543771
- Note: It has recently become clear that Baker has been less than forthright about aspects of his own personal history. From what I can tell, that does not extend to this book, which still seems to be reliable. That said, I would recommend researching Baker before deciding to read this book. In any case, I referred to it frequently up through the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
- The Hubble Space Telescope: From Concept to Success
- Authors: David J. Shayler, David M. Harland
- Publication: Springer
- Publication Date: 2016
- The Space Shuttle Decision, 1965-1972 (History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 1)
- Author: T. A. Heppenheimer
- Publication Date: 1999
- ISBN: 978-1588340146
- http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4221.pdf
- Note: This book is freely available online from NASA.
- This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury
- Authors: Loyd S. Swenson Jr., James M. Grimwood, Charles C. Alexander
- https://www.history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/toc.htm
- Note: This book is freely available from NASA in both HTML and PDF formats.
- Transiting from Air to Space: The North American X-15
- Authors: Robert S. Houston, Richard P. Hallion, Ronald G. Boston
- Publication Date: 1998
- https://www.history.nasa.gov/hyperrev-x15/cover.html
- Note: This book is freely available online from NASA.
- Truth, Lies, and O-Rings
- Authors: Allan J. McDonald, James R. Hansen
- Publication Date: December 2018
- ISBN: 9780813066035
- Note: Required reading for anyone wanting to better understand the Challenger accident. Written by Morton-Thiokol SRB project director Allan McDonald.
- US Spacesuits
- Authors: Kenneth S. Thomas, Harold J. McMann
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 11 Sep 2007
- Wings In Orbit: Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle
- Author: Wayne Hale (editor)
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 978-0-16-086847-4
- https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/wingsinorbit/index.html
Official Press Kits and Mission Reports>
Official Press Kits and Mission Reports #
- Project Lageos Press Kit
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- https://historydms.hq.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/DMS/e000045273.pdf
- STS-1: First Space Shuttle Mission - Press Kit
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: April 1981
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_001_STS-001_Press_Kit.pdf
- STS-2 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: October 1981
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_002_STS-002_MRK.pdf
- STS-26 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-27 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-28 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-29 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-29 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- STS-2: Second Space Shuttle Mission - Press Kit
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: September 1981
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_002_STS-002_Press_Kit.pdf
- STS-3 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: March 1982
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_003_STS-003_MRK.pdf
- STS-30 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-31 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-32 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-32 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: [u’Rockwell International']
- STS-33 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-34 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-34 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- STS-35 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-36 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-37 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-38 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-39 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-39 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- STS-3: Third Space Shuttle Mission - Press Kit
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: March 1982
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_003_STS-003_Press_Kit.pdf
- STS-4 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: June 1982
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_004_STS-004_MRK.pdf
- STS-40 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-40 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- STS-41 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-41 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- STS-41-B Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: January 1984
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_010_STS-41B_MRK.pdf
- STS-42 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-43 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-43 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- STS-44 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-44 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- STS-45 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-46 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-47 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-48 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-48 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- STS-49 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-4: Fourth Space Shuttle Mission - Press Kit
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: June 1982
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_004_STS-004_Press_Kit.pdf
- STS-5 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: November 1982
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_005_STS-005_MRK.pdf
- STS-50 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-51 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-52 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-53 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-54 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-55 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-56 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-57 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-58 National Space Transportation System Mission Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19940030745
- STS-6 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: March 1983
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_006_STS-006_MRK.pdf
- STS-7 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: June 1983
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_007_STS-007_MRK.pdf
- STS-8 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: August 1983
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_008_STS-008_MRK.pdf
- STS-9 Press Information (Media Resource Kit)
- Publisher: Rockwell International
- Publication Date: November 1983
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/mrk/FLIGHT_009_STS-009_MRK.pdf
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-26 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-28 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-29 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-30 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-31 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-32 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-34 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-35 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-37 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-39 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-40 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-41 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-42 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-43 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-44 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-45 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-46 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-47 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-48 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-49 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-50 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-51 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-51-L (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-52 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-53 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-54 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-55 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-56 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-57 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Space Shuttle Mission STS-58 (Press Kit)
- Space Shuttle Misson STS-41B (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: February 1984
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_010_STS-41B_Press_Kit.pdf
- Space Shuttle Misson STS-5 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: October 1982
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_005_STS-005_Press_Kit.pdf
- Space Shuttle Misson STS-6 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: April 1983
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_006_STS-006_Press_Kit.pdf
- Space Shuttle Misson STS-7 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: June 1983
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_007_STS-007_Press_Kit.pdf
- Space Shuttle Misson STS-8 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: August 1983
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_008_STS-008_Press_Kit.pdf
- Space Shuttle Misson STS-9 (Press Kit)
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: November 1983
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_009_STS-009_Press_Kit.pdf
Magazines/Newspapers/Webpages>
Magazines/Newspapers/Webpages #
- A crew of ‘firsts’ will fly STS-47
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: September 1992
- Location: Page 34
- A veteran crew gains the plum of first flight
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: May 1992
- Location: Page 17
- ATLAS-1 explores the atmosphere
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: June 1992
- Location: Page 5
- After Ten Years: the Fateful FRR
- Aircraft Accident Report - Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., Flight 2311 Uncontrolled Collision With Terrain
- Author: NTSB
- https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9203.pdf
- Access date: 15 September 2020
- Astronaut Biography: Andrew Gaffney
- http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/gaffney_andrew.htm
- Note: Checking Gaffney’s first name
- Astronaut Steve “Oz” Oswald
- https://uniphigood.com/portfolio_page/steve-oz-oswald/
- Access date: 16 September 2020
- Note: just used to confirm nicknames
- Astronauts to Launch Warning Satellite, Assess Manned Reconnaissance From Space
- Author: Craig Covault
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 18 November 1991
- Location: Page 65
- Atlantis Atmospheric Lab Performs Unprecedented Environmental Survey
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 30 March 1992
- Location: Page 60
- Atlantis Atmospheric Mission to Aid Global Environmental Policy Decisions
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 9 March 1992
- Location: Page 58
- Atlantis Diverted to Kennedy After Deploying Military Payload
- Author: Edward H. Kolcum
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 26 Oct 1990
- Location: Page 120
- Atlantis to take on a tough mission
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: August 1992
- Location: Page 5
- Atmospheric Laboratory Launch Clears Way for Endeavour First Flight
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 30 March 1992
- Location: Page 61
- Beyond Top Secret
- Author: CBS Evening News
- Website: National Reconnaissance Office
- Publication Date: 4 Feb 1998
- https://fas.org/irp/news/1998/cbs/index.html
- Access date: 27 May 2020
- Breaking Through
- Author: Wayne Hale
- Website: Wayne Hale’s Blog (Personal)
- Publication Date: 11 March 2011
- https://waynehale.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/breaking-through/
- CPI Inflation Calculator
- https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
- Note: Unless provided directly by a source, this is how I calculated inflation-adjusted budgets throughout the podcast.
- Challenger timeline
- https://spaceflightnow.com/challenger/timeline/
- Access date: 28 October 2019
- Christa’s Lost Lessons
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131104080630/http://www.challenger.org/resources/christas-story/
- Access date: 16 October 2019
- Columbia is go for EDO
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: July 1992
- Location: Page 9
- Columbia quilts a mission called STS-52
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: January 1993
- Location: Page 5
- Columbia strikes EDO gold on USML-1
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: October 1992
- Location: Page 3
- Data Said to Show Quick Power Drop Just Before Blast
- Author: Richard Witkin
- Publication Date: 1 February 1986
- https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/01/us/data-said-to-show-quick-power-drop-just-before-blast.html
- Discovery Reentry Shifted to Edwards; UARS Payload Begins Ozone Mission
- Author: Craig Covault
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 23 September 1991
- Location: Page 62
- Discovery beats the weather
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: Apr 1989
- Location: Page 4
- Discovery to Launch First Element of NASA’s Mission to Planet Earth
- Author: Craig Covault
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 9 September 1991
- Location: Page 63
- Don’t count heads aboard STS-36
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: April 1990
- Location: Page 8
- Note: The title mentions STS-36 this was the first unclassified flight the ‘phantom head’ flew on, so it was the first time the public found out about it, I guess.
- Endeavour to debut in grand style
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: May 1992
- Location: Page 5
- Endeavour to debut in grand style
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: May 1992
- Location: Page 5
- Enhanced Oil Recovery
- Website: Energy.gov - Office of Fossil Energy
- https://www.energy.gov/fe/science-innovation/oil-gas-research/enhanced-oil-recovery
- Access date: December 2020
- Evaluation of the Opportunity to Launch Prowler on STS 38
- Author: Ted Molczan
- Publication Date: 19 Feb 2011
- http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/STS_38/Evaluation_of_the_Opportunity_to_Launch_Prowler_on_STS_38.pdf
- Flying in Deep Space: The Galileo Mission to Jupiter (Part I)
- Author: David Clow
- Publication: Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly
- Publication Date: Volume 20, Number 4, 2013
- Flying in Deep Space: The Galileo Mission to Jupiter (Part II)
- Author: David Clow
- Publication: Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly
- Publication Date: Volume 21, Number 1, 2014
- Galileo Spacecraft Encounter With Gaspra Appears Successful
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 4 November 1991
- Location: Page 26
- Galileo trajectory design
- Authors: Louis A D’amario, Larre E Bright, Aron A. Wolf
- https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992SSRv…60…23D/abstract
- Access date: 14 Apr 2020
- Note: Checking dates of Galileo flybys
- Germination, Growth Rates, and Electron Microscope Analysis of Tomato Seeds Flown on the LDEF
- Authors: E C Hammond Jr, K Bridgers, F D Berry
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11540518/
- Access date: 1 Apr 2020
- Note: Abstract only
- How Launching Hubble Space Telescope Influenced Space Shuttle Mission Operations
- Author: Steven A. Hawley
- Publication: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
- Publication Date: 2 Mar 2014
- Location: Vol. 25, No. 2, Page 385
- Human Skull Launched Into Space On Secret Military Shuttle Flight
- Author: Craig Covault
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 12 Mar 1990
- Location: Page 20
- IML-1 makes for the best Spacelab flown so far
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: March 1992
- Location: Page 4
- M 6.9 - Loma Prieta, California Earthquake
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: USGS
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc216859/executive
- Access date: ~2 Mar 2020
- MISTY / AFP-731
- Author: Charles P. Vick
- https://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/afp-731.htm
- Access date: 15 Apr 2020
- Macintosh Portable: Used in Space Shuttle
- Website: Apple
- Publication Date: 19 Feb 2012
- https://support.apple.com/kb/TA30635?locale=en_US
- Access date: 31 July 2020
- Massive star’s dying blast caught by rapid-response telescopes
- Author: Arizona State University
- Website: Phys.org
- https://phys.org/news/2017-07-massive-star-dying-blast-caught.html
- Access date: 24 June 2020
- Note: Fun fact about how much energy is released in a gamma ray burst
- Mission 29 Ready for Launch
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 13 Mar 1989
- Location: Page 25
- NASA Had Warning of a Disaster Risk Posed by Booster
- Author: Philip M. Boffey
- Publication Date: 9 February 1986
- NASA Shuttle Commander Involved In Near Collision With Pan Am A310
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 22 May 1989
- Location: Page 105
- NASA: Satellite debris has hit Earth
- Publication Date: 24 September 2011
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nasa-satellite-debris-might-hit-us/2011/09/23/gIQA5VmiqK_story.html
- Next Shuttle Flight to Carry Sensors For Providing Intelligence on Persian Gulf
- Author: Edward H. Kolcum
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 22 Oct 1990
- Location: Page 29
- October flight to carry on the Shuttle tradition
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: October 1992
- Location: Page 14
- Out of the Black: The Declassification of the NRO
- Website: National Reconnaissance Office
- https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB257/index.htm
- Access date: 27 May 2020
- Out of the Shadows: The Shuttle’s Secret Payloads
- Author: Dwayne A. Day
- Publication: Spaceflight (British Interplanetary Society)
- Publication Date: Feb 1999 (Vol. 41 No. 2)
- Payload Deployment Method and System
- Authors: Clifford J. Barnett, John E. Greenwood, Earl V. Holman
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19880015276.pdf
- Access date: 14 Apr 2020
- Personal correspondence with topic expert CS
- Note: Discussing challenges of calibrating remote sensing platforms.
- Rocket Engineer Describes Arguing Against Launching
- Author: David E. Sanger
- Publication Date: 19 February 1986
- SHUTTLE MISSION PUTS COMPUTERS TO THE TEST
- Author: Peter H. Leweis
- Publication: The Baltimore Sun
- Publication Date: 12 Aug 1991
- https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-08-12-1991224096-story.html
- Note: This mostly isn’t about STS-41 but it confirms Dick Richards’ recollection that the computer was a Macintosh Portable
- SLS-2 to extend life sciences research
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: September 1993
- Location: Page 7
- STS-29 flies with an eye on Earth
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: May 1989
- Location: Page 17
- STS-30 carries on with Shuttle science
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: May 1989
- Location: Page 13
- STS-30 ready to launch rebirth of planetary program
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: May 1989
- Location: Page 3
- STS-34 mission preview
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: December 1989
- Location: Page 19
- STS-34 mission review, part 1
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: December 1989
- Location: Page 4
- STS-34 review
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: January 1990
- Location: Page 4
- STS-42: Spacelab time again!
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: February 1992
- Location: Page 12
- STS-43 – not just another TDRS mission
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: August 1991
- Location: Page 4
- STS-43 shows off what a Shuttle flight should be like
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: October 1991
- Location: Page 5
- STS-44 becomes a shortened duration mission
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: February 1992
- Location: Page 3
- STS-44 to add military eyes on orbit
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: December 1991
- Location: Page 9
- STS-45 takes on the world–and more with ATLAS mission
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: April 1992
- Location: Page 4
- Satellite with 150-ft. Space Set for Launch on Mission 27
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 7 Nov 1988
- Location: Page 25
- Secret CIA Satellite Launched by Shuttle Columbia Observed ‘Tumbling’ by Astronomers in 7 Countries
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 9 Oct 1989
- Location: Page 35
- Secret Space Shuttles
- Website: Air & Space
- Publication Date: August 2009
- https://www.airspacemag.com/space/secret-space-shuttles-35318554/
- Access date: 9 Feb 2020
- Semi-secret: The DOD dances one last time with the Shutle
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: November 1992
- Location: Page 14
- Serendipity in the space program: TDRS-1, GEODSS, and one amazing phone call
- Author: NASA
- Website: The Space Review
- https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3234/1
- Access date: 19 Feb 2020
- Short circuit confirmed on shuttle trip
- Author: ‘Compiled from wire reports’
- Publication: Herald-Journal (Newspaper)
- Publication Date: 13 Oct 1989
- Access date: 19 Feb 2020
- Shuttle Atlantis Launched on Military Mission
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 19 Nov 1990
- Location: Page 15
- Shuttle Buran
- Author: NASA MSFC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060804153528/http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/buran.html
- Access date: 15 September 2020
- Shuttle Mission 29 Set to Conduct Space Station Test, Deploy TDRS
- Author: Craig Covault
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 6 Mar 1989
- Location: Page 49
- Shuttle astronaut taken off crew for ISS mission
- Author: Miles O’Brien
- Publication: CNN
- Publication Date: 8 September 1999
- Access date: 31 August 2020
- Soviet Shuttle Launched On Energia Booster
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 21 Nov 1988
- Location: Page 18
- Soviets Claim Reconnaissance Satellite Launched By Atlantis Has Failed
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 26 Mar 1990
- Location: Page 23
- Spacelab-J makes it 50 flights
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: September 1992
- Location: Page 27
- Spacewalk to add excitement to STS-54
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: January 1993
- Location: Page 22
- The 50th flight
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: December 1992
- Location: Page 6
- The ATLAS-1 Crew: Not to be overshadowed
- Publication: Countdown Magazine
- Publication Date: June 1992
- Location: Page 2
- The Challenger Disaster Put an End to NASA’s Plan to Send Civilians Into Space
- Author: Greg Daugherty
- Publication Date: 27 January 2016
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/challenger-disaster-put-end-nasas-plans-send-civilians-space-180957922/
- Access date: 14 October 2019
- The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120225065551/http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/QuickView.pl?directory=ISD&ID=STS038-84-23
- Access date: 26 May 2020
- Note: Photograph of Atlantis payload bay on STS-38
- Tile Gap Filler, Shuttle, STS-114
- Author: National Air and Space Museum
- Website: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-object/tile-gap-filler-shuttle-sts-114/nasm_A20060583000
- Access date: 19 Feb 2020
- Note: I used this just to check the material of the gap fillers.
- Top-Secret U.S. Satellite May Be Tumbling
- Author: Deseret News
- Publication: Deseret News
- Publication Date: 7 Oct 1989
- https://www.deseret.com/1989/10/7/18826937/top-secret-u-s-satellite-may-be-tumbling-in-orbit
- Access date: 18 Feb 2020
- United States Patent - Satellite Signature Suppression Shield
- Authors: Morton T. Eldridge, Karl H. McKechnie, Richard M Hefley
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11540518/
- Unknown GEO Object 2000-653A / 90007 Identified as Prowler
- Author: Ted Molczan
- Publication Date: 21 Jan 2011
- http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/STS_38/Unknown_GEO_Object_2000-653A_-_90007_Identified_as_Prowler.pdf
- Veteran Astronauts Gibson and Walker Lose Spaceflight Assignments in Disciplinary Actions
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 16 July 1990
- Location: Page 29
- What is America’s top-secret spy program?
- Author: Robert Windrem
- Website: NBC News
- Publication Date: 9 Dec 2004
- http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6687654/ns/us_news-security/t/what-americas-top-secret-spy-program/
- Access date: 26 May 2020
NASA/Official Webpages>
NASA/Official Webpages #
- A Chronology Of Defining Events in NASA History, 1958-1998
- Website: NASA History
- https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/40thann/define.htm
- Access date: 24 Jan 2017
- Ames History
- Website: NASA
- https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/about/history/index.html
- Access date: 28 Feb 2017
- Note: This website is down so hard that I can’t even get an archive.org link to work but I’ll include it in case you have better luck.
- Centaur: America’s Workhorse in Space
- Publication Date: 12 December 2012
- https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/history/centaur.html
- Flight History of Canadarm
- Website: Canadian Space Agency
- https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/canadarm/flight.asp
- Access date: 17 Feb 2020
- Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) Archive System
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160529014413/http://setas-www.larc.nasa.gov/LDEF/
- Access date: 1 Apr 2020
- Note: Checking LDEF deploy altitude
- Magellan
- Website: NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive
- https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1989-033B
- Access date: 20 Jan 2020
- Note: Used to confirm cost of Magellan mission.
- Magellan Mission at a Glance
- Website: NASA JPL
- https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/fact.html
- Access date: 19 Jan 2020
- Note: Used to confirm Magellan SAR frequency.
- Text and Graphics System
- Author: NASA
- Website: NASA Human Spaceflight
- https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/orbiter/comm/inst/tags.html
- Access date: 19 Feb 2020
- The Evolution of Technology in the Deep Space Network
- Author: NASA JPL
- Website: NASA JPL
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110614133445/http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/95_20/gll_case_study.html
- Access date: 04 Mar 2020
- Note: Used to check effective bitrate of Galileo mission after DSN upgrades and compression algorithms.
- The Magellan Venus Explorer’s Guide
- Author: Carolynn Young
- Publisher: NASA JPL
- Publication Date: 1 Aug 1990
- https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/magellan/guide.html
- USA 40
- Website: NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive
- https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1989-061B
- Access date: 18 Feb 2020
- USA 41
- Website: NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive
- https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1989-061C
- Access date: 18 Feb 2020
NASA/Official Documents>
NASA/Official Documents #
- 1992 NASA ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES SELECTED
- About The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- Website: NASA GSFC
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/cgro/
- Access date: 23 June 2020
- Astronomical Advantages of an Extra-Terrestrial Observatory
- Author: Lyman Spitzer Jr.
- Publication: The RAND Corpoation
- Publication Date: 30 Jul 1946
- https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4407/ETUv5.pdf
- Note: The paper is on page 546 (page 573 in the PDF).
- Chronology of Wakeup Calls
- Website: NASA
- https://www.history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Re-Entry Activities
- Authors: Dolores Beasley, Nancy Neal
- Website: CGRO Science Support Center
- Publication Date: 26 May 2000
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/deorbit/reentry.html
- Access date: 24 June 2020
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Safely Returns to Earth
- Authors: Dolores Beasley, Nancy Neal
- Website: CGRO Science Support Center
- Publication Date: 4 June 2000
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/deorbit/return.html
- Access date: 24 June 2020
- Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
- Website: NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive
- https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1991-027B
- Access date: 23 June 2020
- Development and Execution of End-of-Mission Operations Case Study of the UARS and ERBS End-of-Mission Plans
- Authors: John Hughes, Julio L. Marius, Manuel Montoro, Mehul Patel, David Bludworth
- Publication Date: 19 June 2006
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20080039323
- Dr. Arthur Holly Compton
- Website: NASA GSFC
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/cgro/compton.html
- Access date: 23 June 2020
- Effect of Temperature and Gap Opening Rate on the Resiliency of Candidate Solid Rocket Booster O-Ring Materials
- Author: Cynthia L. Lach
- Publisher: NASA Langley Research Center
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920017951.pdf
- Endeavour’s Intelsat Rescue Sets EVA, Rendezvous Records
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 18 May 1992
- Location: Page 22
- Friday Flight Director Story
- Author: Wayne Hale
- Website: Wayne Hale’s Blog (NASA)
- https://blogs.nasa.gov/waynehalesblog/2008/09/26/post_1222460339705/
- Heat capacity and thermal relaxation of bulk helium very near the lambda point
- Authors: John A. Lipa, R. D. Swanson, J. A. Nissen, T. C. P. Chui
- Publisher: NASA MSFC
- Publication Date: 1 May 1994
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950007794
- History of Space Shuttle Rendezvous
- Author: John Goodman
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20110023479
- Note: An indispensable history of Space Shuttle rendezvous an NASA rendezvous in general. I wish I had found this before Gemini.
- Hubble Essentials
- Website: HubbleSite
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160706034142/http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/hubble_essentials/quick_facts.php
- Access date: 23 June 2020
- Note: Confirming Hubble mass
- Hubble Space Telescope Systems
- International Space Station Again Dodges Debris
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- Publication Date: July 2011
- https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/pdfs/odqnv15i3.pdf
- JSC Space News Roundup
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/roundups/issues/90-01-19.pdf
- Access date: 1 Apr 2020
- JSC Space News Roundup Vol. 24, No. 22
- Publication Date: 6 December 1985
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/roundups/issues/85-12-06.pdf
- JSC Space News Roundup Vol. 31, No. 14
- Publication Date: 3 April 1992
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/roundups/issues/92-04-03.pdf
- JSC Space News Roundup Vol. 31, No. 47
- Publication Date: 11 December 1992
- https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/roundups/issues/92-12-11.pdf
- Lessons Learned From Seven Space Shuttle Missions
- Author: John Goodman
- Publication Date: 1 January 2007
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20070003591
- Meet Astronaut Sam Durrance
- Website: NASA KSC Visitor Complex
- https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2020/august/meet-astronaut-sam-durrance
- Access date: 8 June 2020
- Note: I just used this to confirm that Durrance goes by Sam and not Samuel
- Memo from Joseph P. Kerwin to Richard H. Truly
- Author: Joseph P. Kerwin
- Publication Date: 28 July 1986
- https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/kerwin.html
- Note: Astronaut and physician Joe Kerwin’s findings on crew survivability.
- Mission Control Saved Instelsat Rescue From Software, Checklist Problems
- Publication: Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Date: 25 May 1992
- Location: Page 78
- NASA - STS-51L Mission Profile
- Publication Date: 5 December 2005
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-51L.html
- Access date: 16 October 2019
- PDS: Mission Information (Galileo)
- Website: NASA Planetary Data System
- https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewMissionProfile.jsp?MISSION_NAME=GALILEO
- Preflight Interview: Susan Helms (before STS-101)
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170112192755/https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-101/crew/inthelms.html
- Report of the Group Task Force on Satellite Rescue and Repair
- Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (Volume 1)
- Authors: William P. Rogers, Neil A. Armstrong, David C. Acheson, Eugene E. Covert, Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Hotz, Donald J. Kutyna, Sally K. Ride, Robert W. Rummel, Joseph F. Sutter, Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr, Albert D. Wheelon, Charles E. Yeager
- Publication Date: 6 June 1986
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19860015255.pdf
- Note: A must-read for anyone interested in learning about the Challenger accident. This is the official account of what happened and why.
- Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (Volume 2, Appendix F: Personal Observations on Reliablity of Shuttle)
- Author: Richard P. Feynman
- Publication Date: 1986
- https://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v2appf.htm
- Note: This contains hearing transcripts. If you want to see for yourself what was actually said, this is the document you want.
- Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (Volume 4)
- Publication Date: 1986
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19860019504.pdf
- Note: This contains transcripts from Presidential Commission hearings from 6 February 1986 to 25 February 1986
- Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (Volume 5)
- Publication Date: 1986
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19860019505.pdf
- Note: This contains transcripts from Presidential Commission hearings from 26 February 1986 to 2 May 1986
- Ribbon Synaptic Plasticity in Gravity Sensors of Rats Flown on Neurolab
- Authors: Muriel D. Ross, Joseph Varelas
- Publication Date: 1 January 2003
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20030068209
- SRMS History, Evolution and Lessons Learned
- Authors: Glenn Jorgensen, Elizabeth Bains
- Publication Date: 26 Sep 2011
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20110015563
- SRMS History, Evolution and Lessons Learned
- Authors: Glenn Jorgensen, Elizabeth Bains
- Publication Date: 26 Sep 2011
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20110015563
- STS-27R OV-104 Orbiter TPS Damage Review Team Summary Report
- STS-28R Early Boundary Layer Transition
- Author: J. A. Smith
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130408201512/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/news/columbia/sts28r_earlyboundary.pdf
- Access date: ~9 Feb 2020
- Note: I used this to check the material of the gap fillers.
- STS-35 MER Problem Report
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- STS-41 Voice Command System Flight Experiment Report
- Author: George A. Salazar
- Publication: NASA JSC
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20180001751
- Shuttle Flight Operations Manual
- Publisher: NASA JSC
- https://www.scribd.com/document/46635652/Shuttle-Flight-Operations-Manual-Vol-12-Crew-Systems
- Note: I specifically used Volume 12, Basic, Revision B, from August 14th, 1987, which is where this link goes. However, more up to date versions are available with a pretty easy search.
- Shuttle Risk Progression: Use of the Shuttle Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) to Show Reliability Growth
- Authors: Teri Hamlin, Eric Thigpen, Joseph Kahn, Yunnhon Lo
- Publication Date: 1 January 2011
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110004917.pdf
- Space Shuttle Mission Summary
- Authors: Robert D. Ledger, Floyd V. Bennett
- Publication: NASA JSC
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20110001406
- Note: I used this for just about every shuttle mission just to quickly check mission parameters.
- Space Systems Failures
- Authors: David S. Harland, Ralph D. Lorenz
- Publisher: Springer Praxis
- Publication Date: 2005
- ISBN: 0-387-21519-0
- Locations: Rescuing Intelsat 603 - p62, Tethered satellites - p274
- Teacher in Space Project
- Publication Date: 22 January 1986
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19860066587.pdf
- Note: Information about the Teacher in Space Project, intended for use by teachers in the classroom.
- Tethered Satellite System Contingency Investigation Board
- Publication Date: 6 Nov 1992
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930016042
- The Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET)
- Website: CGRO Science Support Center
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/cgro/egret.html
- Access date: 24 June 2020
- The Gamma Ray Observatory
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/gamray.html
- Access date: 23 June 2020
- The Imaging Compton Telescope (COMPTEL)
- Website: CGRO Science Support Center
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/cgro/comptel.html
- Access date: 24 June 2020
- Upper Atmosphere Research Satelite (UARS): A program to study global ozone change
- Publication Date: 1 January 1991
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19920001849
- William F. Readdy (10 March 2012)
Biographies>
Biographies #
- Biography of Roberta Lynn Bondar
- Author: Canadian Space Agency
- Website: Canadian Space Agency
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200320190346/http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/canadian/former/bio-roberta-bondar.asp
- Access date: 15 September 2020
- Brian Duffy official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/duffy_brian.pdf
- Access date: 29 September 29
- Bruce E. Melnick official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/melnick_bruce.pdf
- Access date: 13 May 2020
- C. Michael Foale official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/foale_michael.pdf
- Access date: 29 September 29
- Carl E. Walz official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/walz_carl.pdf
- Carl J. Meade official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/meade_carl.pdf
- Access date: 26 May 2020
- Charles D. Gemar official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/gemar_charles.pdf
- Access date: 26 May 2020
- Charles Lacy Veach official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/veach_charles.pdf
- Access date: 6 July 2020
- Chris Hadfield official biography
- https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/canadian/former/bio-chris-hadfield.asp
- Access date: 13 October 2020
- Claude Nicollier official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- https://web.archive.org/20090327022828/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/nicollie.html
- Access date: 25 November 2020
- Curtis L. Brown official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/brown_curtis_0.pdf
- Access date: 9 December 2020
- Daniel W. Bursch official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/bursch.pdf
- David A. Wolf official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/wolf_david.pdf
- Access date: 14 April 2021
- Dirk D. Frimout official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090530162931/http://www11.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/frimout-d.html
- Access date: 29 September 29
- Donald R. McMonagle official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/mcmonagle_donald.pdf
- Access date: 6 July 2020
- Ellen Baker official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/baker_ellen.pdf
- Access date: 25 Feb 2020
- Eugene H. Trinh official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/trinh.pdf
- Access date: 11 November 2020
- F. Andrew Gaffney official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/gaffney-fa.pdf
- Access date: 20 July 2020
- Franco Malerba official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090321014251/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/malerba.html
- Access date: 25 November 2020
- Frank L. Culbertson official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/culbertson_frank.pdf
- Access date: 26 May 2020
- G. David Low official biography
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/low_g_david_0.pdf
- Access date: 1 Apr 2020
- Gregory B. Jarvis official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jarvis.pdf
- Access date: 2019
- Gregory J. Harbaugh official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/harbaugh_gregory.pdf
- Access date: 6 July 2020
- Guy S. Gardner official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/gardner_guy.pdf
- Access date: 24 Dec 2019
- James Adamson official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/adamson_james.pdf
- Access date: 16 Feb 2020
- James D. Wetherbee official biography
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/wetherbee_james.pdf
- Access date: 1 Apr 2020
- James H. Newman official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/newman_james.pdf
- James S. Voss official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/voss_james_0.pdf
- Access date: 2 September 2020
- Jay Apt official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/apt_jerome.pdf
- Access date: 20 June 2020
- John E. Blaha official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/blaha_john.pdf
- Access date: 8 Jan 2020
- John H. Casper official biography
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/casper_john.pdf
- Access date: 14 Apr 2020
- Kathryn Thornton official biography
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/thornton_kathryn.pdf
- Access date: 11 Mar 2020
- Kenneth Cameron Astronautix biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20020309185800/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/cameron.htm
- Access date: 20 June 2020
- Kenneth D. Bowersox official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160812213244/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bowersox.html
- Access date: 11 November 2020
- Kenneth D. Cameron official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/cameron_kenneth_0.pdf
- Access date: 20 June 2020
- Kenneth S. Reightler Jr official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/reightle.pdf
- Access date: 18 August 2020
- Kevin P. Chilton official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/chilton_kevin.pdf
- Access date: 28 October 2020
- Koichi Wakata official biography
- https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/astro/biographies/wakata/index.html
- Access date: 13 October 2020
- L. Blaine Hammond official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/hammond_l_blaine.pdf
- Access date: 6 July 2020
- Lawrence J. DeLucas official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/delucas.pdf
- Access date: 11 November 2020
- Linda M. Godwin official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/godwin_linda.pdf
- Access date: 20 June 2020
- Mae C. Jemison official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jemison_mae.pdf
- Access date: 9 December 2020
- Mamoru Mohri official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090327021145/https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mohri.html
- Access date: 9 December 2020
- Manley “Sonny " Carter official biography
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/carter_manley_0.pdf
- Access date: 11 Mar 2020
- Marc Garneau official biography
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090117185433/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/garneau.html
- Access date: 13 October 2020
- Mario Runco Jr official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/runco_mario.pdf
- Access date: 2 September 2020
- Mark Brown official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/brown_mark_1.pdf
- Access date: 16 Feb 2020
- Marsha S. Ivins official biography
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ivins_marsha.pdf
- Access date: 1 Apr 2020
- Martin Joseph Fettman official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fettman.pdf
- Access date: 14 April 2021
- Maurizio Cheli official biography
- http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Maurizio_Cheli
- Access date: 13 October 2020
- Michael A. Baker official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/baker-m.pdf
- Access date: 31 July 2020
- Michael J. Smith official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/smith_michael.pdf
- Access date: 2019
- Michael McCulley official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/mcculley_michael.pdf
- Access date: 25 Feb 2020
- Michael Richard “Rich” Clifford official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/clifford_michael.pdf
- Access date: 6 January 2021
- Millie Hughes-Fulford official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/hughes-fulford_millie.pdf
- Access date: 20 July 2020
- N. Jan Davis official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/davis_n-jan.pdf
- Access date: 9 December 2020
- Pierre J. Thuot official biography
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/thuot_pierre.pdf
- Access date: 14 Apr 2020
- Richard A. Searfoss official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/searfoss_richard.pdf
- Access date: 14 April 2021
- Richard J. Hieb official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/hieb.pdf
- Access date: 6 July 2020
- Richard Richards official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/richards_richard.pdf
- Access date: 16 Feb 2020
- Robert C. Springer official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/springer_robert.pdf
- Access date: 8 Jan 2020
- Robert D. Cabana official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/cabana_robert.pdf
- Access date: 13 May 2020
- Ronald A. Parise official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/parise.pdf
- Access date: 8 June 2020
- S. Christa Corrigan McCauliffe official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/mcauliffe.pdf
- Access date: 2019
- Samuel T. Durrance official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/durrance.pdf
- Access date: 8 June 2020
- Sidney M. Gutierrez official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/gutierrez_sidney.pdf
- Access date: 20 July 2020
- Stephen S. Oswald official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/oswald_stephen.pdf
- Access date: 15 September 2020
- Steven Glenwood MacLean official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- http://web.archive.org/web/20090402085021/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/maclean.html
- Access date: December 2020
- Susan J. Helms official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/helms_susan.pdf
- Access date: 20 January 2021
- Tamara E. Jernigan official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jernigan_tamara.pdf
- Access date: 20 July 2020
- Terence T. ‘Tom’ Henricks official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/henricks_terence.pdf
- Access date: 2 September 2020
- Thomas J. Hennen official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/hennen.pdf
- Access date: 2 September 2020
- Tom Akers official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/akers_thomas.pdf
- Access date: 13 May 2020
- William F. Readdy official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/readdy_william.pdf
- Access date: 15 September 2020
- William M. Shepherd official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/shepherd_william.pdf
- Access date: 24 Dec 2019
- William Surles McArthur Jr official biography
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: NASA JSC
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/mcarthur_william.pdf
- Access date: 14 April 2021
Wikipedia>
Wikipedia #
- Unless it’s something completely off topic, I don’t rely on Wikipedia to be my definitive source at any time. But thanks to its convenient organization and search functionality I will frequently use it to remind myself of details like members of the crew, launch and landing dates, look at photos, or other stuff like that. Probably the most common thing I use Wikipedia for is reminding myself how many times a crew member has flown and what their previous mission was. This list is definitely not exhaustive and it’s a pretty safe bet that if I’ve covered the flight on the podcast I’ve at least glanced through its Wikipedia page. Every once in a while I even make a correction!
- 243 Ida: Physical characteristics
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/243_Ida#Physical_characteristics_2
- Access date: Around 30 March 2021
- Budget of NASA
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA
- Access date: 16 September 2020
- Canceled Space Shuttle Missions
- Author: NASA JSC
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions
- Access date: 29 September 29
- Note: I don’t love using Wikipedia for a source, but for something tangential like which missions a crew member may have been assigned to, it’s probably fine. Though I still make a point of mentioning the somewhat shakey source of information.
- Frederick Gregory
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_D._Gregory
- Access date: 11 Mar 2020
- Note: Used to check list of flown missions.
- G. David Low
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._David_Low
- Access date: 1 Apr 2020
- Note: Used to check Low’s first name
- Galileo Galilei
- Author: Wikipedia Users
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
- Access date: 04 Mar 2020
- Note: Used to check Galileo’s birthday and place of birth.
- Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Field_and_Steady-State_Ocean_Circulation_Explorer
- Note: Checking name and orbit of GOCE mission. Since this wasn’t the primary focus, Wikipedia is sufficient.
- Invasion of Kuwait
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait
- Access date: 26 May 2020
- Note: Used to check date of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
- John Blaha
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Blaha
- Access date: 11 Mar 2020
- Note: Used to check list of flown missions.
- Kathryn C. Thornton
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_C._Thornton
- Access date: 11 Mar 2020
- Note: Used to check list of flown missions.
- List of astronauts by year of selection
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronauts_by_year_of_selection#1992
- Note: Used to check 1992 astronaut class name
- Magellan (spacecraft)
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_(spacecraft)
- Access date: 10 Jan 2020
- Marangoni effect
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marangoni_effect
- Access date: December 2020
- Mars Observer
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Observer
- Access date: Around 30 March 2021
- Note: Just double checking date of loss
- Michael Foale
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foale
- Access date: 29 September 29
- Note: Checking first name, which official bio left as ‘C’.
- STS-27
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-27
- STS-61-H
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-61-H
- Access date: 7 Jan 2020
- Sonny Carter
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Carter
- Access date: 11 Mar 2020
- Note: Used to check list of flown missions.
- Story Musgrave
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Musgrave
- Access date: 11 Mar 2020
- Note: Used to check list of flown missions.
- Svetlana Savitskaya
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Savitskaya
- Access date: 29 Apr 2020
- Note: Just a quick check to see the dates of Savitskaya’s flights
- Ulysses (spacecraft)
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(spacecraft)
- Access date: 12 May 2020
- Note: Used to quickly double check a few dates and the visual appearance of the spacecraft.
- Vestibular System
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_system
- Note: I generally avoid using Wikipedia as a main source, but the human vestibular system isn’t really my focus. I just wanted to double check my understanding of it.
- William Shepherd
- Website: Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shepherd
- Access date: 24 Dec 2019
Documentaries>
Documentaries #
- Secret Space Escapes - Episode 3 - Secret Mayday Mission
- Note: Documentary series featuring interviews with astronauts of various missions
Oral Histories>
Oral Histories #
- Bob Cabana Oral History (15 July 2015)
- Bonnie Dunbar Oral History (20 Jan 2005)
- Charles F. Bolden Oral History (15 January 2004)
- Daniel C. Brandenstein Oral History (19 January 1999)
- David C. Leestma Oral History (26 November 2002)
- Dick Richards Oral History (26 Jan 2006)
- Frederick D. Gregory Oral History (18 April 2006)
- Guy Bluford Oral History (2 August 2004)
- Hoot Gibson Oral History (22 January 2016)
- J. Milton Heflin Oral History (23 May 2017)
- J. Milton Heflin Oral History (3 June 2003)
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman Oral History (3 November 2009)
- Jerry Ross Oral History (26 January 2004)
- John E. Blaha Oral History (18 August 2006)
- John E. Blaha Oral History (3 December 2004)
- John Fabian Oral History (10 February 2006)
- John O. Creighton Oral History (3 May 2004)
- Kathryn D. Sullivan Oral History (28 May 2009)
- Loren J. Shriver Oral History (18 December 2012)
- Margaret Rhea Seddon Oral History (10 May 2011)
- Margaret Rhea Seddon Oral History (9 May 2011)
- Mary L. Cleave Oral History (5 March 2002)
- Mike Coats Oral History (14 July 2015)
- Mike Coats Oral History (5 August 2015)
- Mike Coats Oral History (9 November 2012)
- Richard N. Richards Oral History (26 January 2006)
- Steve Nagel Oral History (20 December 2002)
- Wayne Hale Oral History (28 May 2014)
- William S. McArthur Oral History (17 February 2017)
- William S. McArthur Oral History (31 March 2017)
Post-Flight Presentations>
Post-Flight Presentations #
- STS-31 Post-Flight Presentation
- Publication: NASA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEr7pjhplWI
- STS-39 Post-Flight Presentation
- Publication: NASA
- https://youtu.be/2ftg5YfemU0
- STS-41 Post-Flight Presentation
- Publication: NASA
- https://youtu.be/fXaUzko8wYI
- STS-42 Post-Flight Presentation
- Author: NASA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phtXlO6fDcc
- Access date: 15 September 2020
- STS-45 Post-Flight Presentation
- Publication: NASA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyD-hHx2OU
Videos>
Videos #
- From Undersea to Outer Space: The STS-40 Jellyfish Experiment
- Houston, I Think We’ve Got A Satellite
- Author: NASA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjIjuQhmZA
- STS-40 Crew During Spacelab Sim
Personal Interviews>
Personal Interviews #
- Personal interview with Dan Tani, conducted via Jitsi on 29 September 2020
- Note: TSAU milestone: first interview!
- Personal interview with Dan Tani, conducted in person on 14 March 2022
- Personal interview with Tom Jones, conducted via Jitsi on 20 June 2022