Dubious theater owners didn’t think people wanted to see a movie about space and robots. Boy, were they wrong! Only the Creve Coeur Cine saw the potential of the light saber legend-in-the-making. The Star Wars franchise would become an epic entertainment empire spawning sequels, legions of “force be with you” fans, merch, and more that …
Today astronaut Tom Akers was born in St. Louis. He grew up in Eminence and graduated from Eminence High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1973 and 1975, respectively.
The work of Missouri men and women was directly responsible for helping to send the first American into space on this date in 1961. Alan Shepard blasted off on the Mercury-Redstone 3 Space Capsule. The capsule had been manufactured at McDonald Aircraft. An estimated 45 million Americans watched the Freedom 7 streak Skyward for the …
The Space Shuttle Discovery launched one of the most powerful observatories into space on this date in 1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope. Now a household name, few people at that time knew the Missouri connection. The telescope was named for Edwin Hubble, known as the “Father of Modern Cosmology.” Hubble grew up in Marshfield …
Space, the “final frontier,” according to Star Trek. Another popular astronaut (albeit an animated one), Buzz Light Year declared “to infinity and beyond.” Light years away, space will actually be quite close on Saturday, April 6, 2023, in Kansas City.
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