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Amy Shira Teitel

@amyshirateitel.bsky.social

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Author, historian, streamer, YouTuber, writer.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Nov 8

Hi, I'm Amy, historian mostly of science with a lot of US history, author of two books, and that person you probably see if you fall asleep watching the Science Channel.

It occurs to me that if I'm finally going to be active here I ought to introduce myself!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 1d

New book in the works so decided to share a little progress along the way with weekly updates! Still not talking specifics, but I will say this is an endlessly fascinating process.

T-minus 262 #shorts #books

If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel Check out my books here:…

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 12d

Perhaps one of the most interesting elements of a lunar landing mission to think through: when and how do you launch?

How to get to the Moon #shorts #history

Launch window calculations are obviously more complicated than this, so take this as a primer! Other considerations were comms, spacecraft performance, and how the light would shift over the course…

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Sep 11

Diving into the atom, I learned that it's possible to take X-rays with a roll of tape! And a vacuum chamber, but still! Some researchers have ever looked at this as a cheap way to bring medical imaging to developing nations to help local doctors.

You can take an X-ray with tape #shorts #science

I learned this and it's cool so I want you to learn about it, too! Here's a longer article: https://physicsworld.com/a/sticky-tape-takes-x-ray-images/

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Sep 9

This one was entirely new to me when I found it the other day: a picture of Apollo 8 reentering the atmosphere, and what is likely the Service Module burning up! New Short has the details!

You've never seen this #shorts #history

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Aug 24

Fraunhofer lines are super cool, and such an important step on our journey into the atom!

When we discovered sunlight #shorts #history #atomic

Want to know more about our journey into the atom? Full video is right here! https://youtu.be/BUV8XYaZ4EU

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Mobile Launcher (during Apollo, renamed the Mobile Launch Platform during the Shuttle era) is such a cool piece of engineering. The Saturn V's journey was amazing from the moment it left the VAB!

People had questions #shorts #history

After my video about the Crawler-Transporter a couple of weeks ago, I had a LOT of questions about how it was moved onto the launch pad and what happens to the whole thing during launch. Doesn't it…

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Aug 20

One of the funnest parts of my latest long form video was animating all the different atomic models! So I threw them all together in a quick little short.

Cool old atomic models #shorts #history #atomic

Full video is right here: https://youtu.be/BUV8XYaZ4EU Also these models are obviously for illustrative purposes only, the starting image being the most often "accepted" illustration of an atom. The…

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Aug 18

There's a really interesting parallel between Wernher von Braun and Werner Heisenberg during the war. As I dive into the atomic bomb for my new book -- the specifics of which I'm not sharing for the moment -- I'm excited to share some research tidbits!

Heisenberg's surrender #shorts #history #atomic

SO much stuff coming about the atomic bomb program. And that's all I'm saying about specifics for the time being!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Aug 8

Jim Lovell also did a seaworthiness test, checking that the Apollo command module could survive at sea for three days in an emergency. I got to ask him about it once. He said it was horrible!

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That Time Astronauts Discovered the Apollo Spacecraft was a Terrible Boat

This is a revisit of an old blog at PopSci:…

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Aug 8

A quick look at Jim Lovell's incredible missions -- the first dual spacecraft mission, the final Gemini mission that rounded out the program, the first human mission to the Moon, and Apollo 13.

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Jim Lovell had the best career #shorts #nasa #apollo #history

Also the story of the time I met Jim Lovell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLyuP_5CRjc All footage from NASA

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Aug 4

I started wanting to really understand how the atomic bomb was built. I ended up wanting to learn how we found the atom, so I made a massive video about it!
Huge thanks to @drskyskull.bsky.social for going over some physics with me!

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Our Insane Atomic Journey: How Did We Get Here?

YouTube video by The Vintage Space

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jul 17

After a super nerdy friend of mine was excited to learn Apollo 10's spacecraft were named Snoopy and Charlie Brown, I thought it'd be fun to tell the story!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jul 15

An incredibly rare view: Earth orbit but you're inside the fuel tank! Just some awesome Apollo history to share.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jul 14

Came across Carl von Ossietzky in some research last week and kinda felt like more people ought to know about him.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just wanted to highlight that the Voyager missions -- which, according to NASA, cost each taxpayer just 8 cents -- returned a wealth of science and inspiration to boot.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jul 6

It took me a while, but I finally have The Vintage Space merch! Tantrum is an excellent, small company -- not one of the major print-on-demand vendors -- with great quality and colour options. Also each of these four designs was hand drawn by yours truly!

The Vintage Space

You haven’t added anything to your cart yet!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jul 3

Throwback to the time I met Apollo 12's Dick Gordon and had a very serious, important question to ask about the mission...

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jul 3

Reading some post-WWII scientists memoirs I came across this bit that felt far too important not to share.

A warning #shorts #history

This memoir was written in 1946, and before anyone asks: yes, I'm getting into som new post-war science stuff, but it's going to be a bit to finish writing a...

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jun 27

I think my favourite part about the whole conspiracy thing is conspiracy theorists are really convinced they've found some evidence Soviet intelligence experts missed. Apparently.

Why would you bother faking it? #shorts #history

It's never going to stop, is it.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jun 26

NASA's Ranger 7 A Camera pictures put together to show the first time we crashed into the Moon. Another from the "this is super cool and I wanted to share it" files!

Let's crash into the Moon why not #shorts #history

Ranger 7 was also the mission that started the JPL peanuts tradition. Putting this in my description before anyone explains that to me in the comments!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jun 24

Another from the fun files! This was the era where there was, obviously, no 3D modeling. You had an idea, you did the math to design it, then you built a tiny one and flew it to see how it'd work. Just love old videos like this so wanted to share!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jun 23

Just another fun one today from the "I've been sorting my video archive" files! Playing around on Skylab.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jun 21

Sometimes I zone out watching footage like this and it's super calming, so here's a calm moment for your weekend!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jun 20

Also @philplait.bsky.social‬ has the best breakdown of this with all the math, highly recommend reading his piece if you want more details: www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxap...

Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Bad TV

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · Jun 20

With pretty much everything that looks "wrong" on the Moon, the key thing people insist on ignoring is that the Moon is not the Earth. And the lack of craters under the LM is the top thing people point to, so let's go over it!

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