RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 6: Space, the Cocoa Beach Frontier
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Cocoa Beach (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
Kennedy Space Center
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Merritt Island (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)
Episode 6 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: Space, the Cocoa Beach Frontier. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 6 examines the history of the U.S. Space Program in Florida and how the program affected Cocoa Beach. This podcast includes an interview with Lori C. Walters, a professor of history at the University of Central Florida. In the late 1950s, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) began constructing launch pads and towers on Florida's east coast as the "Missile Firing Laboratory." On July 1, 1962, NASA activated the Launch Operations Center, which was renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in 1963. KSC has been the United States' launch site for every human space flight since 1968. In 2011, the Space Shuttle program ended, which resulted in the KSC workforce downsizing significantly.
Hermanstorfer, Mark
Original 16-minute and 32-second podcast by Mark Hermanstorfer, May 15, 2011: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 6: Space, the Cocoa Beach Frontier." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Walters, Lori C.
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Launch Operations Center, Titusville, Florida
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida
Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, Florida
A History of Central Florida, Episode 47: John Young's Flight Suit
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Documentaries
Columbia (Spacecraft)
Astronauts--United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Young, John Watts, 1930-
Episode 47 of A History of Central Florida podcasts: John Young's Flight Suit. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners.<br /><br />Episode 47 features a discussion of the spacesuit worn by astronaut John Watts Young, which is now housed at the Orange County Regional History Center in Downtown Orlando, Florida. This podcast also includes interviews with Dr. Amy Foster of the University of Central Florida and Cathleen Lewis Lewis of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Kelley, Katie
Original 10-minute and 29-second podcast by Katie Kelley, 2015: RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida. <a href="https://youtu.be/s3dqTz7MrbI" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/s3dqTz7MrbI</a>.
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Foster, Amy
Lewis, Cathleen Lewis
Cassanello, Robert
Ford, Chip
Clarke, Bob
Gibson, Ella
Hazen, Kendra
Kelley, Katie
Velásquez, Daniel
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/" target="_blank">Florida Memory Project</a>
<a href="https://archive.org/" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a>
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/%20target=">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a>
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John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
A History of Central Florida, Episode 45: Diploma Plate
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Documentaries
University of Central Florida
Education--Florida
Orlando (Fla.)
Episode 45 of A History of Central Florida podcasts: Diploma Plate. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners.<br /><br />Episode 45 features a discussion about the charter class and first graduating class of Florida Technological University (present-day University of Central Florida), as well as a diploma plate displayed at the University of Central Florida Libraries in Orlando, Florida. This podcast also includes interviews with Dr. Christopher Loss of Vanderbilt University, Retha Riley Underwood, Dr. Robert Bledsoe of the University of Central Florida, Joyce Hart Perkins, Mike Canavan, and Richard King.
Hazen, Kendra
Original 16-minute and 2-second podcast by Kendra Hazen, 2015: RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida. <a href="https://youtu.be/jAX3sVD8NuE" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/jAX3sVD8NuE</a>.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Loss, Christopher
Underwood, Retha Riley
Bledsoe, Robert
Perkins, Joyce Hart
Canavan, Mike
King, Richard
Cassanello, Robert
Dickens, Bethany
Clarke, Bob
Ford, Chip
Gibson, Ella
Kelley, Katie
Velásquez, Daniel
<a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida Special Collections and University Archives</a>
<a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/" target="_blank">Florida Memory Project</a>
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Florida Technological University, Orlando, Florida
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Apollo 15 Lunar Rover on the Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Apollo Project (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Apollo 15 (Spacecraft)
Lunar rovers
Astronauts--United States
Moon
A Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) from Apollo 15 on the Moon. Manned by astronauts David Scott (1932-), Alfred Worden (1932-), and James Irwin (1930-1991), Apollo 15 was launched from the Launch Complex 39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, on July 26, 1971. This was the first lunar mission equipped with a LRV, or Lunar Rover. This allowed astronauts with unprecedented capabilities to move around the Moon's surface, as they traveled 17.5 miles during their time on the surface. Apollo 15 returned to Earth on August 7.
Original black and white photographic prints, 1971: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.
<a href="http://srealserver.eecs.ucf.edu/chronopoints/" target="_blank">Chronopoints</a>
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Launch Complex 39A, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida