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Emily Carney
@emilycarney.bsky.social
I am a spaceflight historian. I also write about current events, culture, and sometimes hockey. My opinions, views, and reflections are my own.
Please share far and wide. Read my latest on Substack, “For the Love of God, Please Read the Woman’s Obituary” emilycarneyspace.substack.com/p/for-the-lo...
For the Love of God, Read the Woman’s Obituary
On Margaret Hamilton, the historic record, and the need to make women smaller.
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Hey thank you to any new followers, much appreciated and I hope you enjoy what I share here. I’m moving this month and may not be around as much, but you are appreciated
I’m done softening my language about what happened to me and what continues to happen to sailors. I know what hardship at sea looks like. But I also know the difference between hardship and institutional failure. So no more sugarcoating this time. Read my latest: medium.com/the-making-o...
A Scream Into The Void: We Must Take Our Sailors Seriously
What happens when an institution — and a nation — confuses suffering for strength?
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Check out my latest in The Space Review: an interview with Once Upon a Time in Space’s director, James Bluemel. You can catch this documentary series on your local PBS stations! www.thespacereview.com/article/5267/1
Behind “Once Upon a Time in Space”: James Bluemel on the human stories of spaceflight
Once Upon a Time in Space is a documentary series on human spaceflight airing on PBS. Emily Carney interviews filmmaker James Bluemel about the series and his approach to telling the stories from the ...
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Hey thank you to my new followers!!! Sure appreciate it.
In Part Two of Space in the Seventies: A Spacecraft’s Second Life, I dive into the history behind Solar Max, the modular spacecraft that made on-orbit servicing possible, Shuttle plans to retrieve Landsat, and how these decades-old ideas are shaping efforts to extend spacecraft lifetimes today.
Space in the Seventies: A Spacecraft’s Second Life, Part 2
The story of spacecraft rescue didn't end with Skylab. Engineers proposed new ways to extend the lives of satellites, and even succeeded in giving one a second lease on life.
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Long before satellite servicing became a reality, NASA proposed using a robotic space tug and two Apollo-era veterans to give America’s first space station a second chance. In part one of this series, I explore one of space history’s most fascinating “what ifs.” open.substack.com/pub/emilycar...
Space in the Seventies: A Spacecraft’s Second Life, Part One
Some spacecraft accomplish exactly what they were built to do before quietly fading into history, while others inspire engineers to ask a different question: What if we could keep them going?
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A 1970s crewed Venus flyby would’ve cost a fortune, risked astronauts’ lives, and probably returned thousands of images of… clouds. Of course, space enthusiasts have spent the last half-century wishing it had happened. And I understand completely: open.substack.com/pub/emilycar...
Space in the Seventies: The Ongoing Romance of a Crewed Venus Flyby
Humans never went to Venus during the Seventies. But the proposed missions remain strangely alive in our imaginations.
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Space in the Seventies: The Ongoing Romance of a Crewed Venus Flyby open.substack.com/pub/emilycar...
Space in the Seventies: The Ongoing Romance of a Crewed Venus Flyby
Humans never went to Venus during the Seventies. But the proposed missions remain strangely alive in our imaginations.
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Buried during America’s bicentennial optimism and possibly lost forever, Project Futurespect’s mysterious time capsule has become a strange Space Age ghost story. Read my latest on Substack. This piece is also crossposted to my Medium blog. substack.com/@emilycarney...
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Buried during America’s bicentennial optimism and possibly lost forever, Project Futurespect’s mysterious time capsule has become a strange Space Age ghost story. Read my latest on Substack. This piec...
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Check out my latest on Medium (cross-posted to LinkedIn as well): “The soul of spaceflight history remains human, and preserving it in this way is our shared responsibility.” medium.com/the-making-o...
Ghost in the Machine: What AI Can and Shouldn’t Do for Spaceflight History
Artificial intelligence isn’t coming. It’s already here. How do space enthusiasts coexist with it?
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Read my latest op-ed on SpaceNews. “A considerable part of the space fandom is experiencing a specific kind of grief when the thing you most enjoyed is now associated with other things that are irretrievably dark.” spacenews.com/the-grief-of...
The grief of a fandom: on Starship, Musk and losing the spark
Why do people defend someone who has done things that are frankly terrible?
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I published Remembering Ken Dryden: A Literary Overview on Medium: medium.com/the-making-o...
Remembering Ken Dryden: A Literary Overview
Remembering a literary giant.
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"[STAR BOUND by @emilycarney.bsky.social and Bruce McCandless III] is an extensive yet accessible, fun yet well-researched book that speaks to both space program newbies and aficionados," writes Jamie Herndon for Mercury Magazine. Read the full review here:
Book Review: Starbound - Mercury: History & Culture
a magazine about the intersections of astronomy and society
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UNP is at the @nine-on-9.bsky.social Spring Training Conference!
UNP at the 32nd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference
Today, March 5 through Saturday, March 8, UNP will be at the 32nd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference! The Spring Training Conference is a multi-disciplinary academic conference, featuring presentations on a wide range of baseball topics, including history, analytics, law, media analysis, literature, architecture, cultural studies, rhetoric, and more. UNP's Senior Acquisition Editor Rob Tayler will be in attendance alongside a number of UNP authors.
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"[Bruce McCandless III and @emilycarney.bsky.social] should be commended for concisely charting a path through dozens of topics and telling interesting stories," writes Mary Damon for Quest of STAR BOUND. Order your copy: bit.ly/4hMqjWh
Hey I just donated to the @aclu.org - it’s not much but it’s something that can help during these very uncertain times. Here’s the link: action.aclu.org/give/pm-dona...
Donate to the ACLU
Fight back against bigotry, injustice and inequality. Make your donation to the ACLU today.
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I always knew they hated me when I was in the military…now it’s confirmed
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y agoThe U.S. Military Academy at West Point ordered 12 officially sanctioned clubs for women and ethnic or racial groups to shut down immediately, in a drive to comply with the Trump administration’s directives on diversity, equity and inclusion, the academy said on Wednesday.
RIP NASA. At this rate I cannot and will not support any of their initiatives under this regime.
Excerpt: STAR BOUND by @emilycarney.bsky.social and Bruce McCandless III STAR BOUND is a satellite’s-eye view of the history of American space exploration.
Excerpt: Star Bound
Emily Carney is a former nuclear technician for the U.S. Navy and an accomplished space journalist. She is the manager of public engagement and social media for the Space 3.0 Foundation, founder of the popular spaceflight group Space Hipsters, and cohost of the Space and Things podcast. Bruce McCandless III is a novelist, an attorney, and the son of a shuttle astronaut.
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Anytime my friend
David Hitt@homesteading.space · 2y agoThank you, @emilycarney.bsky.social, for the kind words about my book Homesteading Space on the This Week in Space podcast, and congratulations again to you and Bruce McCandless on the success of Star Bound, a great addition to the #OutwardOdyssey series! twit.tv/shows/this-w...
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ICYMI Tiffany Midge was featured in Poets & Writers! Reviews Star Bound Review in Library Journal: "Interspersed between the well-documented chapters are fun interludes, such as a playlist of space-themed songs and selections of archival photographs. A detailed bibliography encourages readers to explore further reading . . . With Carney and McCandless’s breezy style, this enthusiastic and accessible history will engage the curiosity of both general readers and seasoned space enthusiasts alike."
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