Teasel Muir-Harmony
@teaselmuir.bsky.social
Historian of Science + Technology | Curator of the Apollo Collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
!!!!! And everyone should read his new space history book too🚀
Alex McDonald, former NASA Chief Economist and a dual Canadian-US citizen born in Canada, is the new President of the Canadian Space Agency, succeeding Lisa Campbell. www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
New article that includes a favorite archive find: a proposed bicentennial logo juxtaposing a pilgrim on Plymouth Rock + Neil Armstrong on the moon. 🤌 no notes
Modern American History@modamhist.bsky.social · 2mo agoTeasel Muir-Harmony contextualizes the 1976 bicentennial logo—the “fat star”—amid Cold War public diplomacy, corporate branding, and federal arts policy. While the logo was designed to mend the nation fractured by the Vietnam War, it in fact further exposed those very fractures. Link Below.
The full issue 9.2 is here! This special Issue considers the U.S. Semiquincentennial. Thank you to the editorial board for all their help with putting together this body of scholarship. See the full issue here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
National Air and Space Museum curators, NASA officials, an astronaut, an archeologist and others met on Thursday (May 21) for a series of panel discussions on the why, what and how of preserving the International Space Station at the end of its life on orbit...
Save ISS: Smithsonian panels on why, what and how of space station preservation
For anyone who is in their mid-twenties or younger, it is just a fact of life: humans do not just visit space, they live there. But a major part of that is coming to an end. The platform with the long...
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The Moon's Going To Get Crowded - We Should Protect Our Heritage On It While We Still Can
In 1959, the Luna 2 probe from the Soviet Union became the very first human-made object to reach our closest celestial neighbor. In the decades since, we have been leaving footprints - both literally ...
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Just us at AIP in Washington, DC, on Friday, March 20, as we welcome philosopher and historian Elise Crull for our first Lyne Starling Trimble public event of the year: "Hertha Sponer and the Path from Electron Diffraction to Wave/Particle Duality" RSVP today: www.aip.org/history/elis...
The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/s...
The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars
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We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students. Apply here: - Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau... - Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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Her name is Leo! 👩🏾🚀🚀 Come join me on July 28th from 11 - 12 pm at the opening of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s new “Futures in Space” exhibition. I’ll be hanging out near “Leo” my SpaceX Inspiration4 spacesuit so come say hello and check out all the cool new artifacts! Free tickets online.
A Handshake in Orbit 50 Years Ago Transformed the Space Race www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/s...
A Handshake in Orbit 50 Years Ago Transformed the Space Race
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Are We Ready for Death in Space? www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-n...
NASA Is Approaching the Final Frontier of Mortality
NASA has quietly taken steps to prepare for a death in space. We need to ask how nations will deal with this inevitability now, as more people start traveling off the planet
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The experience described by Wilmore of flying Starliner amid its thruster failure was nothing short of harrowing.
Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought
“Hey, this is a very precarious situation we’re in.”…
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DC friends! RSVPs are open for AIP's first Lyne Starling Trimble Public Event of 2025: Jaco de Swart (MIT), "Losing Dark Matter in the Fog? The Historical Arc of the WIMP Paradigm" Friday, April 4 Reception 5:45pm, Lecture 6:30pm #histsci #astronomy #physics www.aip.org/history-prog...
The American Institute of Physics is looking for an associate director who will lead our new policy research and analysis function, which is within my portfolio. We will be busy. americaninstituteofphysics.applicantstack.com/x/openings
Space in China, early SETI, astronomy in turn-of-the century France, and a conversation among museum curators — the NYU Space Talks lecture series goes into its ninth season. The spring 2025 program starts on 02/18/25. www.space-talks.com #astroculture #spacetalks #spacehistory #planetaryhistory
Aerospace History Fellowship applications due on December 15. More info below
Teasel Muir-Harmony@teaselmuir.bsky.social · 2y ago🚀Fellowship opportunity🚀 The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum invites applications for its four fellowships in aerospace history (pre- and postdoc; mid-career & independent scholars; senior scholars). Due Dec. 15 airandspace.si.edu/get-involved...
MAH's editors are looking to publish more Photoarticles—a feature essay that presents an original POV supported foremost by visual evidence. We're particuarly interested in considering pieces that use fashion as a source. See link for previously published works! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Welcome to Cambridge Core
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We are thrilled to ANNOUNCE a #SpecialIssue CFP!! MAH is now accepting proposals for a 2026 Special Issue on the US #Semiquincentennial (250th). See this CFP for details, and send any questions to mah@cambridge.org #history #twitterstorians
We're excited to be here! Historians of Modern America should check out our latest issue, which has new research articles and exciting features. Thank you to all of our wonderful authors for their hardwork and historical insight! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🚀Fellowship opportunity🚀 The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum invites applications for its four fellowships in aerospace history (pre- and postdoc; mid-career & independent scholars; senior scholars). Due Dec. 15 airandspace.si.edu/get-involved...
Applications are now open for 2025-26 fellowships at @scihistoryorg.bsky.social! We offer postdoc, dissertation, distinguished & short-term fellowships for researchers from anywhere in any fields w/ projects that can make use of our collections. Questions? Ask here!
Science History Institute Fellowships
The Institute is home to the largest private fellowship program in the historical study of science, medicine, and technology in the United States.
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🚀Fellowship opportunity🚀 The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum invites applications for its four fellowships in aerospace history (pre- and postdoc; mid-career & independent scholars; senior scholars). Due Dec. 15 airandspace.si.edu/get-involved...
New podcast by the '13 Minutes to the Moon' team telling the story of the history of the space shuttle. Intro episode of '16 Sunsets' released this week: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
16 Sunsets
History Podcast · 2 Episodes · Updated fortnightly
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