Our hidden Space Race history

January 29
23 mins

Episode Description

From Huntsville to Houston, the space industry in the US is rooted in the South. And as NASA works towards returning to the moon with the Artemis program, our space history is inspiring new generations of Americans. But in North Carolina, two important sites from the Space Race of the 1960s remain relatively unknown.

Featuring:

  • Cliff Bumgardner, director and producer at PBS North Carolina
  • Brett Tingley, managing editor at Space.com

Links:

  • Check out the short documentary film about Morehead Planetarium that Cliff produced for PBS NC and Our State Magazine here.
  • Read Brett's article about the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman, North Carolina here.

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