space

Scenes from the Toasty New Gilded Age

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 15, 2021

Sir Richard Branson stand by the Virgin Galactic Space craft at the Farnborough International Airshow on Nov. 7, 2012 in Hampshire. (Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images) A few stories from the American West over the last few days: Richard Branson finally got...

General

Our Impressive President

By Erik Loomis

On July 1, 2017

This is great. Buzz Aldrin does not appear to be impressed by Trump's remarks about space. pic.twitter.com/RMLd3Hbrt4— Lauren Werner (@LaurenWern) July 1, 2017

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Challenger

By Erik Loomis

On January 28, 2016

Thirty years ago today, I, like millions of other children around the United States, was in front of a TV at school watching the first teacher fly into space. What.

This Day in Labor History: December 28, 1973

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 28, 2015

Does space have a labor history? The answer is yes. On December 28, 1973, the crew of Skylab went on a one-day strike to protest their working conditions and the pressure NASA placed on them to catch up on their experiments after one of them...