Amy Shira-Teitel

Contributing Author

A native Canadian, Amy is a former contributor to Space.com writing mostly about human spaceflight. She's the author of "Fighting for Space" (Grand Central Publishing, 2020) and "Breaking the Chains of Gravity" (Bloomsbury, 2015) and has her own YouTube Channel called The Vintage Space. A graduate of York University, Ontario where she obtained an MA in Science and Technology Studies, her work has been published with The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.

Latest articles by Amy Shira-Teitel

John Glenn and Friendship 7
How John Glenn Drew the First Orbital Flight

By Amy Shira-Teitel Published

For John Glenn, being the first American to orbit the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962 was a stroke of luck.

Human Spaceflight
First manned Apollo flight prime crew
NASA's First Disaster Happened on the Launch Pad

By Amy Shira-Teitel Published

The 'plugs-out test' was considered routine and non-hazardous until it claimed the lives of the Apollo 1 crew on Jan 27, 1967.

Launches & Spacecraft
Saturn V's First Launch
NASA's Gutsy First Launch of the Saturn V Moon Rocket

By Amy Shira-Teitel Published

NASA's first Saturn V launch was as impressive as it was daring.

Saturn
Re-Entry Rotor Spacecraft
Will NASA's Next Space Capsule Land Like a Helicopter?

By Amy Shira-Teitel Published

NASA's next spaceship, the Orion spacecraft, just might land more like a helicopter than a vintage space capsule.

Launches & Spacecraft
James Webb Space Telescope Inspection
James Webb Space Telescope to TiVo Universe's Birth

By Amy Shira-Teitel Published

JWST's solid-state recorders have been installed.

James Webb Space Telescope