Categories Daily post John Glenn was the first American (but third man) to orbit the Earth Post author By Kathy E. Gill Post date 20 February 2022 No Comments on John Glenn was the first American (but third man) to orbit the Earth It happened on 20 February 1962. Tags black-history-month, computing, scitech, space
Categories Daily post The shoemaker’s cabinet and its modern corollary, the shoe shine stand Post author By Kathy E. Gill Post date 4 February 2022 No Comments on The shoemaker’s cabinet and its modern corollary, the shoe shine stand We’ve protected our feet from the elements for a very long time, perhaps for 50,000 years. Tags black-history-month, scitech
Categories Daily post A woman pilots a space shuttle Post author By Kathy E. Gill Post date 3 February 2022 No Comments on A woman pilots a space shuttle Eileen M. Collins was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle on STS-63 Discovery (February 3-11, 1995). STS-63 Discovery was also the first flight of the Russian-American space program. Tags black-history-month, scitech, space