NASA
I worked at NASA's Johnson Space Center from 1998-2002. One of my proudest moments was when my team finished converting the Apollo mission transcripts from print to digital. My experiences both before and during my tenure at NASA helped me write quite a bit of space history:
"Chief communicator: How Star Trek's Lieutenant Uhura helped NASA." The Space Review. August 15, 2022. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4436/1
"The making of an Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian and the aerospace industry helped create Star Trek." The Space Review. September 7, 2021. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4240/1?fbclid=IwAR2mPm7I3LteQuOF7SzisOA_6VPLP4YJXt4RKJtTsRwLF9jmj924C3Ery8A
Letters to John Glenn/Letters to Neil Armstrong Book Review. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 28 No. 1, Spring 2021.
“An Interview with George Carruthers, Astrophysicist.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 28 No. 1, Spring 2021.
“Review: Orphans in Space." The Space Review. September 21, 2020. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4028/1
“In memoriam: Kellam de Forest, who gave us Stardates and the Gorn." The Space Review. January 25, 2021. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4110/1
"How Star Trek Helped NASA Dream Big and How NASA Helped Star Trek Stick Around" Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine, Vol. 35 No 7, February/March 2021. https://www.airspacemag.com/space/how-star-trek-helped-nasa-dream-big-180976753/
"To Boldly Go Where No Model Has Gone Before... The USS Enterprise, Star Trek and the AMT Corporation." Michigan History Magazine, Vol. 105, No 1, January/February 2021.
"The New Frontier: Religion in America’s National Space Rhetoric of the Cold War Era." Religions, Vol 11, No. 11, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11110592
“Worms and wings, meatballs and swooshes: NASA insignias in popular culture.” The Space Review. May 18, 2020. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3947/1
“'Space, the final frontier': Star Trek and the national space rhetoric of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and NASA.” The Space Review. April 20, 2020. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3923/1
“Another Look at the Vinyl Frontier.” The Space Review. March 23, 2020. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3902/1
“The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of the Voyager Golden Record,” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 26 No. 4, Winter 2019.
“George Abbey: The Astronaut Maker” Biography and Book Review. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 3, Fall 2018.
"From Countdown to Liftoff – The History of Quest Part I: Beginnings Through the University of North Dakota Acquisition 1988-1998," Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 24 No. 3, Fall 2017.
"On Course to Tomorrow: A History of Lear Siegler Instrument Division’s Manned Spaceflight Systems 1958-1981," Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 24 No. 1, Spring 2017.
"Grumman’s Ambitious Spider," with Dwayne A. Day. Spaceflight, November 2007.
"Malinowski in Orbit: ‘Magical Thinking’ in Human Spaceflight," with Deana Weibel. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 13 No. 3, 2006.
"We Have Liftoff! The Story Behind the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Air-to-Ground Transmissions," Spaceflight, February 2001.
“’Houston, We Have a Problem’ – A History of Air-to-Ground Voice Transmission from the U.S. Manned Space Program.” IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA., IAA-2-4-08, meeting abstract id.305.
"In His Own Words: A Brief Review of those Events Surrounding the Premature Release of Grissom's MR4 Hatch," Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 7 No. 4, 2000.
"Spaceport Michigan - When Rockets Flew From The Great Lakes State: 1962- 1971," Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 49, 1996.
"What Goes Up, Must Come Down: Hammerhead Cranes at Shuttle Pads Removed," Countdown, Vol. 13 No. 2, March/April 1995.
"At Peace with Mir, An Interview with Astronaut Norman Thagard," Countdown, Vol. 13 No.4, July/August 1995.
"Seasons in the Sun: The Mir Cooperative Solar Array Project," Countdown, Vol. 13 No.6, November/December 1995.
"A Piece of the Action: Universal Studios Florida Hosts Making of Apollo 13 Exhibit," Quest, Fall 1995.
"The Mighty Moon Machine Makes Its Big Screen Debut," Quest, Fall 1995.
"The Real Thing: Hardware That You Can See," Quest, Fall 1995.
"'Houston, We've Had a Problem,' A Nitpicker's Guide to Apollo 13," Quest, Fall 1995.
"Down to Earth: An Interview with Mission Control CapCom Jack Lousma," Quest, Spring 1995.
"Lost Moon, Found Earth: An Interview with Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell," Quest, Spring 1995.
"Moon Men," Quest, Summer/Fall 1994.
"Moon Shooter: An Interview With Alan Shepard," Quest, Summer/Fall 1994.
"A Salute to Apollo," Quest, Summer/Fall 1994.
"They Might Be Giants: A History of Project Nova 1959-1964 Part III," Quest, Summer 1993
"New Apollo/Saturn V Museum to be Built at KSC," Quest, Spring 1993.
"They Might Be Giants: A History of Project Nova 1959-1964 Part II," Quest, Spring 1993.
"The Soviet Manned Lunar Program Revealed," Quest, Winter 1992.
"They Might Be Giants: A History of Project Nova 1959-1964 Part I," Quest, Fall 1992.
"When Rockets Flew from the Great Lakes State," Quest, Summer 1992.
"The Meatball Is Back: A Look at the Origins of NASA Insignias and Crew Patches," Quest, Summer 1992.
"That's A Real Fireball Outside," Quest, Spring 1992.
"Getting A Piece of the Rock," Quest, Spring 1992.
"From the Sea to the Stars," Quest, Spring 1992.
Book Review: Countdown: An Autobiography by Frank Borman with Robert J. Serling, June 1989, Vol. 1 No. 6, AD ASTRA: The Magazine of the National Space Society.
Book Review: For All Mankind by Harry Hurt III, February 1989, Vol. 1 No. 2 AD ASTRA: The Magazine of the National Space Society.
"The War That Never Was", STARLOG #137, December 1988.
"The making of an Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian and the aerospace industry helped create Star Trek." The Space Review. September 7, 2021. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4240/1?fbclid=IwAR2mPm7I3LteQuOF7SzisOA_6VPLP4YJXt4RKJtTsRwLF9jmj924C3Ery8A
Letters to John Glenn/Letters to Neil Armstrong Book Review. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 28 No. 1, Spring 2021.
“An Interview with George Carruthers, Astrophysicist.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 28 No. 1, Spring 2021.
“Review: Orphans in Space." The Space Review. September 21, 2020. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4028/1
“In memoriam: Kellam de Forest, who gave us Stardates and the Gorn." The Space Review. January 25, 2021. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4110/1
"How Star Trek Helped NASA Dream Big and How NASA Helped Star Trek Stick Around" Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine, Vol. 35 No 7, February/March 2021. https://www.airspacemag.com/space/how-star-trek-helped-nasa-dream-big-180976753/
"To Boldly Go Where No Model Has Gone Before... The USS Enterprise, Star Trek and the AMT Corporation." Michigan History Magazine, Vol. 105, No 1, January/February 2021.
"The New Frontier: Religion in America’s National Space Rhetoric of the Cold War Era." Religions, Vol 11, No. 11, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11110592
“Worms and wings, meatballs and swooshes: NASA insignias in popular culture.” The Space Review. May 18, 2020. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3947/1
“'Space, the final frontier': Star Trek and the national space rhetoric of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and NASA.” The Space Review. April 20, 2020. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3923/1
“Another Look at the Vinyl Frontier.” The Space Review. March 23, 2020. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3902/1
“The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of the Voyager Golden Record,” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 26 No. 4, Winter 2019.
“George Abbey: The Astronaut Maker” Biography and Book Review. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 3, Fall 2018.
"From Countdown to Liftoff – The History of Quest Part I: Beginnings Through the University of North Dakota Acquisition 1988-1998," Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 24 No. 3, Fall 2017.
"On Course to Tomorrow: A History of Lear Siegler Instrument Division’s Manned Spaceflight Systems 1958-1981," Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 24 No. 1, Spring 2017.
"Grumman’s Ambitious Spider," with Dwayne A. Day. Spaceflight, November 2007.
"Malinowski in Orbit: ‘Magical Thinking’ in Human Spaceflight," with Deana Weibel. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 13 No. 3, 2006.
"We Have Liftoff! The Story Behind the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Air-to-Ground Transmissions," Spaceflight, February 2001.
“’Houston, We Have a Problem’ – A History of Air-to-Ground Voice Transmission from the U.S. Manned Space Program.” IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA., IAA-2-4-08, meeting abstract id.305.
"In His Own Words: A Brief Review of those Events Surrounding the Premature Release of Grissom's MR4 Hatch," Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, Vol. 7 No. 4, 2000.
"Spaceport Michigan - When Rockets Flew From The Great Lakes State: 1962- 1971," Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 49, 1996.
"What Goes Up, Must Come Down: Hammerhead Cranes at Shuttle Pads Removed," Countdown, Vol. 13 No. 2, March/April 1995.
"At Peace with Mir, An Interview with Astronaut Norman Thagard," Countdown, Vol. 13 No.4, July/August 1995.
"Seasons in the Sun: The Mir Cooperative Solar Array Project," Countdown, Vol. 13 No.6, November/December 1995.
"A Piece of the Action: Universal Studios Florida Hosts Making of Apollo 13 Exhibit," Quest, Fall 1995.
"The Mighty Moon Machine Makes Its Big Screen Debut," Quest, Fall 1995.
"The Real Thing: Hardware That You Can See," Quest, Fall 1995.
"'Houston, We've Had a Problem,' A Nitpicker's Guide to Apollo 13," Quest, Fall 1995.
"Down to Earth: An Interview with Mission Control CapCom Jack Lousma," Quest, Spring 1995.
"Lost Moon, Found Earth: An Interview with Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell," Quest, Spring 1995.
"Moon Men," Quest, Summer/Fall 1994.
"Moon Shooter: An Interview With Alan Shepard," Quest, Summer/Fall 1994.
"A Salute to Apollo," Quest, Summer/Fall 1994.
"They Might Be Giants: A History of Project Nova 1959-1964 Part III," Quest, Summer 1993
"New Apollo/Saturn V Museum to be Built at KSC," Quest, Spring 1993.
"They Might Be Giants: A History of Project Nova 1959-1964 Part II," Quest, Spring 1993.
"The Soviet Manned Lunar Program Revealed," Quest, Winter 1992.
"They Might Be Giants: A History of Project Nova 1959-1964 Part I," Quest, Fall 1992.
"When Rockets Flew from the Great Lakes State," Quest, Summer 1992.
"The Meatball Is Back: A Look at the Origins of NASA Insignias and Crew Patches," Quest, Summer 1992.
"That's A Real Fireball Outside," Quest, Spring 1992.
"Getting A Piece of the Rock," Quest, Spring 1992.
"From the Sea to the Stars," Quest, Spring 1992.
Book Review: Countdown: An Autobiography by Frank Borman with Robert J. Serling, June 1989, Vol. 1 No. 6, AD ASTRA: The Magazine of the National Space Society.
Book Review: For All Mankind by Harry Hurt III, February 1989, Vol. 1 No. 2 AD ASTRA: The Magazine of the National Space Society.
"The War That Never Was", STARLOG #137, December 1988.