To the Moon and Beyond
In 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first sustained flights by a powered aircraft. Just sixty-six years later, Neil Armstrong walked …
“Oh my gauze!” Pandemic in the news
“The germ will go through a city and even travel across the country from coast to coast, but it gets all mixed …
Godspeed, John Glenn!
The sky is blue and the whole Cape holds its breath. Fully suited and heart racing, John Glenn climbs aboard the Friendship …
Spirit in the Sky: Judith Resnik, Astronaut and Trailblazer
Judith “Judy” Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio, on April 5, 1949. Her parents, both of whom were Russian Jewish immigrants, were …
Inventing Ohio
The first airplane. The light bulb. The …revolving hay rake? From the well-known to the lesser-known, Ohio’s history is chock-full of innovative …
Blast From the Past: Farming with Dynamite
One fine November day in 1905, farmhand Frank Martin was passing a stone crusher next to a creek–probably Bokes Creek in York …
Charles F. Kettering, Ohio Inventor
Charles Kettering was born August 29, 1876, on a farm near Loudonville, Ohio. After graduating high school, he took classes at the …
Glenn Curtiss and his “Conquest of the Air”
Ohio has its share of famous folks in aviation history, but last week marked an interesting aviation first that, while the pilot …
“The Fiery Orb Darkened”
This past Monday marked a remarkable astronomical event that you have probably heard about in the news if you didn’t see it …
Part of the American Epic: Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson
If you’ve watched any television in the past twelve months, or read any newspapers, or consumed media of any kind, you have …
