SPACE AGE ARCHAEOLOGY

In 2003 I began work on a research project that has taken me to places that I never imagined: the cultural heritage of space exploration. Now I am determined to bring to light the secrets at the heart of the Space Age.

Bibliography of Space Archaeology

  • Blog
  • Bio
  • Books
  • News
  • My Publications
  • Talks & podcasts
  • Research
  • CV
  • Bibliography: Space Archaeology
  • Contact and FAQ

Thursday, October 04, 2012

October Sky: celebrate the launch of Sputnik 1 and World Space Week!

Sumen Rai made this awesome poster!




Posted by Dr Space Junk at 3:46 pm No comments:
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: Cold War, Sputnik 1, World Space Week
Newer Posts Older Posts Home
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future.

Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future.
Australian/New Zealand Edition! Click on the book cover for ordering information.

Appearances

  • David Elder Lecture 2022: Archaeology on the Moon
The best Archaeology books of all time
The best new Archaeology books
The best Archaeology ebooks of all time

Featured post

Shadows on the Moon: an ephemeral archaeology

A picture of the Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972 got me thinking about shadows on the moon as part of the archaeology of the six human landin...

Search This Blog

About Me

My photo
Dr Space Junk
Aboard her spacecraft, Dr Space Junk surveys the universe and sips quince tea from a fine 1960s teacup. Everything is relevant in the search for the meaning of space material culture.
View my complete profile

Archived at Pandora

Archived at Pandora

Blog Archive

  • ►  2025 (8)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2024 (11)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2023 (3)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2022 (1)
    • ►  June (1)
  • ►  2021 (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2020 (5)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2019 (14)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2018 (17)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (5)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2017 (14)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2016 (14)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2015 (24)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (5)
  • ►  2014 (19)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2013 (6)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ▼  2012 (25)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ▼  October (1)
      • October Sky: celebrate the launch of Sputnik 1 and...
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  June (6)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (5)
  • ►  2011 (39)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (7)
    • ►  September (5)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2010 (45)
    • ►  November (4)
    • ►  October (5)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  August (5)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (5)
  • ►  2009 (55)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  October (4)
    • ►  September (6)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (11)
    • ►  January (9)
  • ►  2008 (44)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (8)
    • ►  October (5)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2007 (26)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (5)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2006 (15)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2005 (19)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2004 (26)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (9)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ►  July (9)

Archaeology and Heritage of the Human Movement into Space

Archaeology and Heritage of the Human Movement into Space
Published October 2014!

Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology and Heritage

Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology and Heritage

Space Travel and Culture: From Apollo to Space Tourism

Space Travel and Culture:  From Apollo to Space Tourism

Contemporary Archaeologies: Excavating Now

Contemporary Archaeologies:  Excavating Now

Russian biscuit tin (1959) featuring early spacecraft

Russian biscuit tin (1959) featuring early spacecraft

V2 hangar

V2 hangar
White Sands, New Mexico, 1947

The Space Race card game

The Space Race card game
Obviously designed before the launch of Vanguard 1 in 1958.

Keywords

Space and popular culture (98) Space heritage (77) Australian space (74) space archaeology (67) orbital debris (61) Contemporary archaeology (55) Satellites (51) Woomera (47) Dr Space Junk (41) Cold War (38) Human spaceflight (35) rockets (35) Moon (34) Apollo missions (33) Science fiction (33) Bodies in space (31) Gravity and microgravity (29) Indigenous people and space exploration (26) Tracking stations (25) Cinema and space (23) Skylab (23) Space food (22) Sputnik 1 (21) NASA (20) Launch sites (19) ELDO (18) Women in space (18) cultural heritage (18) Kourou (17) Space and art (17) space poetry (16) Cultural landscape (15) Amateur and public space exploration (14) European Space Agency (13) space race (13) Venus (12) Space museums (11) Vanguard 1 (11) geosynchronous taxidermy (11) space tourism (11) Australian Space Research Conference (10) gender (10) geostationary orbit (10) Anthropocene (9) International Scientific Years (9) astronomy (9) cable ties (9) conspiracy theories (9) World Archaeological Congress (8) World Heritage Convention (8) Animals in space (7) International Space University (7) Off-Earth mining (7) planetary science (7) space cocktail (7) Maralinga (6) Space Industry Association of Australia (6) Space policy (6) technology (6) ICOMOS (5) antenna (5) cyborg (5) globalisation (5) nuclear tests (5) space stations (5) taphonomy (5) Cordwainer Smith (4) International Space Station (4) Kessler Syndrome (4) Matrioshka brain (4) Robots (4) V2 (4) Venera (4) Voyager 2 (4) celestial mechanics (4) dynamical systems (4) Alastair Reynolds (3) CNES (3) COPUOS (3) Dyson sphere (3) Isaac Asimov (3) Lagrange points (3) Laika (3) Outer Space Treaty (3) Pluto (3) Syncom (3) colonialism in space (3) nuclear energy (3) space junk (3) Australian Space Development Conference (2) British Interplanetary Society (2) Mercury 13 (2) Moonwatch (2) Shadows (2) Women in STEM (2) World Space Week (2) ISRO (1) International Astronautical Congress (1) Kokatha (1) Mir (1) Night Land (1) philosophy of science (1)

Aerospace and archaeology links

  • Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera
    My Weekly Reader April 23, 1962 - I am having fun sending out an issue of *My Weekly Reader* every week to you. This week is the April 23, 1962 issue and "Flying wings." Just for fu...
    5 hours ago
  • Airminded: airpower and British society, 1908-1941
    Images of Great War tube shelters - It's well known that in the Blitz, London's Underground stations were used by civilians as ad hoc air raid shelters. Indeed, photos of platforms crowded wi...
    2 months ago
  • ISS Archaeology
    ISSAP co-PIs chosen for Explorers Club 50; SQuARE results released as pre-print - We have two big pieces of news to announce! First, ISSAP co-PIs Alice Gorman and Justin Walsh were both selected to be part of the Explorers Club 50 Clas...
    1 year ago
  • Humanités spatiales: le blog de l'espace
    Chronique de droit martien : le retour du premier roman juridique - Cette recension de la Chronique de droit martien. Journal de voyage du professeur Philibert Ledoux sur la planète rouge, par Hervé Croze et Philibert Led...
    2 years ago
  • Space Archaeology
    Before the Drake Equation - Reading Cocconi & Morrison (1959) again, I’m (as always) fascinated to see the seeds of the 1961 Drake Equation in...
    7 years ago
Travel theme. Powered by Blogger.