Stories that otherwise get lost in the wider history of science, engineering and technology.
Posts:
St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line: The First Ever Commercial Airline Service
Moree Earth Station: Broadcasting the Moon Landing to the World
1957–58: The International Geophysical Year
2M1207b: The First Exoplanet Ever Photographed
Sir Douglas Mawson and the Australian $100 Banknote
The Life of Yuri Gagarin: The First Person in Space
RMS Queen Elizabeth: A Secret Voyage, Espionage and a War
Charon: Pluto’s Moon at the Edge of the Solar System
Andy Thomas: Australia’s Astronaut
The Lunar Roving Vehicle: NASA’s Moon Buggy
The Polly Woodside and Its Restoration
Igloo Satellite Cabins and Googie Huts: Australia’s Rigid Tents in Antarctica
Why the Titanic Was thought to be Unsinkable
Io: The Moon That Has More Volcanos Than Earth
On the Origin of Darwinian Evolution