From Astronaut Bones to High Z particles: Significant Discoveries from the International Space Station

October 6, 2016, 3:00pm
Phelps-Stokes Auditorium

The International Space Station (ISS) is yielding surprising results across fields as diverse as astrophysics, nanomaterials, combustion, microbiology, and human physiology. Dr. Robinson, NASA Chief Scientist for the ISS will share how scientists and engineers can access this amazing research facility and she will highlight some of the most dramatic discoveries that benefit all of us. Berea College Science Lecture.

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Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space by Roger E. Bilstein

Call Number: 629.409 B595t 2003

Publication Date: 2003-04-09

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics-forerunner of today's NASA-emerged in 1915, when airplanes were curiosities made of wood and canvas and held together with yards of baling wire. At the time an unusual example of government intrusion (and foresight, given the importance of aviation to national military concerns), the committee oversaw the development of wind tunnels, metal fabrication, propeller design, and powerful new high-speed aircraft during the 1920s and '30s. In this richly illustrated account, acclaimed historian of aviation Roger E. Bilstein combines the story of NACA and NASA to provide a fresh look at the agencies, the problems they faced, and the hard work as well as inventive genius of the men and women who found the solutions. 

Failure Is Not an Option by Gene Kranz

Call Number: 629.453 K89f

Publication Date: 2000-04-12

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race. He helped to launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn, then assumed the flight director's role in the Gemini program, which he guided to fruition. With his teammates, he accepted the challenge to carry out President John F. Kennedy's commitment to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s.

Leaving Earth by Robert Zimmerman; Joseph Henry Press Staff

Call Number: 629.4 Z729L 2003

Publication Date: 2003-09-06

Charged with the ever-present potential for danger and occasionally punctuated by terrible moments of disaster, the history of space exploration has been keenly dramatic. The recent disaster of the Space Shuttle Columbia was a sad but certain reminder that space travel is an extraordinarily dangerous occupation. Oddly enough, it often takes a tragic accident to remind us that we still have a presence in space. In the decades between triumph and tragedy we tend to ignore the fact that there have been scores of space pioneers who have risked their lives to explore our solar system. Indeed, the International Space Station is sometimes referred to as a Alpha, a a moniker that implies that it is our first real permanent presence in space.