https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/cb1131ea-82fd-45d1-a0f3-dec21fbbc369 The American Space Museum's ShuttleFest III annual celebration of the Space Shuttle Era on April 13, 2024 included 5 panel discussions and presentations. 4 are presented here on our YouTube channel in 4 parts. (SORRY, the part 5 video recording failed.) THIS VIDEO: Part 1 - 9:30am Panel: STS-35 ASTRO 1 & 2: STS-35 & STS-67 Panel Members... John Bartoe, Astronaut Michael Haddad, Shuttle Engineer Scott Vangan, Shuttle Engineer Intro by Intro Nick Thomas of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Subjects include... How “Blue Suit” lint created a first-time protocol for Shuttle communications., 25th Anniversary events & Restoration Project., Celebrating Astronaut Sam Durrance., Q & A., MORE on ShuttleFest III (all 5 parts)... The public event was held April 13, 2024 at Hyatt Place Titusville/Kennedy Space Center. With the theme, “More than Just Astronomy Missions,” the event featured space workers and astronauts who participated in the STS-35 & 67 Astro 1 & 2, the STS-41 Ulysses (Sun orbit) and the STS-34 Galileo (Jupiter orbit) missions. These astronomy missions had some drama involved… Ulysses and Galileo had controversial radioactive power sources and were to be launched from the Shuttle payload bay by a liquid fueled Centaur rocket. The Astro 1 mission was almost terminated in orbit because of a communications problem with the telescopes that was solved in a unique way. Part 1 (Video 1) - Panel: "STS-35 ASTRO 1 & 2: STS-35 & STS-67" with John Bartoe, Astronaut, Shuttle Engineer Michael Haddad, Shuttle Engineer Scott Vangan. Part 2 (Video 2) - Presentation: Shocking Discoveries by Space Telescopes. Astronomer Dr. Eric Pearlman of Florida Institute of Technology explains the more we know, the more puzzled we are about the Universe. Part 3 (Video 3) - Presentation: "Shocking Discoveries by Space Telescopes" in which astronomer Dr. Eric Pearlman of Florida Institute of Technology explains the more we know, the more puzzled we are about the Universe. Part 4 (Video 4) - Panel: ART IN SPACE: Artist Chris Calle, photographer Tom Usciak, patch artist Tim Gagnon and painter Ron Woods share their introspective. SORRY... We sincerely apologize to the panel members and our viewers but the Part 5 video recording failed.Part 5 (Video 5) - Panel: "Rocket Renaissance": Kevin Brown of All Points, Burt Dicht of National Space Society, Josh DZUGEN of Vaya Space discuss “Looking to the Future” of spaceflight. https://spacewalkoffame.org/ An ORIGINAL production of The American Space Museum, Titusville, FL. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Karan Conklin CO-PRODUCERS & CAMERA: Mark Marquette, Marty Winkel SOUND: Mike Reynolds IT MANAGER & TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Bruce Landon Jacobs COPYRIGHT: 2024 American Space Museum and U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/jjrHMiXX2pA Original channel: American Space Museum Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:33:38 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/cb1131ea-82fd-45d1-a0f3-dec21fbbc369 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.