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@drtylerpeterson.bsky.social

History Instructor at Georgia Gwinnett College and author of book on history of astronaut training.

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Looking forward to this one. I first saw it at a theater in College Station, TX, when I was in the Texas A&M Ph.D program with @phdrachel.bsky.social. I also read Andy Weir's novel afterwards.

07.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial

This month marks the 200th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal. This article draws attention to the harmful effects of the project on indigenous people. Does anybody who teaches U.S. history focus on this aspect of the Erie Canal?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...

04.10.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight, it's Cam Schlittler's world. All the rest of us are just living in it.

03.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to the Steelers and their fans. I am a Vikings fan, but it is important to respond to the loss gracefully and give credit to the winning team.

28.09.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The History of the United States Navy Experience the astonishing story of the US Navy from the Age of Sail to the era of nuclear-powered submarines.

Latest Great Courses series watched: The History of the United States Navy. I heard from Craig Symonds in Annapolis this month, then I finished his incisive look at two and a half centuries of American seagoing prowess.

www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/the-history-...

26.09.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My watercolor art of Artemis II Crew: Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch.

01.08.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing Integrity: Artemis II astronauts name their Orion ride to moon The first astronauts set to fly to the moon in more than 50 years will do so in Integrity. NASA's Artemis II crew revealed

The Orion spacecraft that will fly NASA's Artemis II astronauts to the moon now has a name: "Integrity."

24.09.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday in heaven, John. More than half a century has now passed since your Apollo 16 mission, but the crewed lunar exploration that you envisioned and advocated for is closer now than it has been at any point in this twenty-first century.

24.09.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just attended a 30th anniversary screening of Apollo 13 at an IMAX in Buford, Georgia. The movie teaches us a vital lesson for 2025: that when we pull in a common direction and sacrifice some of our comfort with other people in mind, we can solve enormous problems.

22.09.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NASA names 24th astronaut class to train for future Artemis missions NASA has named its new class of astronaut candidates. The space agency introduced the four men and six women who comprise its 2025 trainee group during a ceremony held at Johnson Space Center in Houst...

NASA has chosen its 24th class of astronaut candidates since the Mercury 7 were selected in 1959. The 10 women and men, who will report for two years of training, were named at a ceremony held at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Monday (Sept. 22).

22.09.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for your updates. I am thankful for all that you do to cover the team.

21.09.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I saw this in downtown Annapolis, MD today.

#HATM

19.09.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correction: Rajshree Solanki.

19.09.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just heard a great presentation about an upcoming National Museum of the United States Navy coming to Washington, DC. What a treat it was to hear from and speak to Rajshree Solanski at the McMullen conference today.

19.09.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In honor of my trip to Annapolis, I will remind naval historians of this: six of the seven men who commanded Apollo moon landing missions had Navy backgrounds. Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton was an Air Force man, but he was willing to let this happen.

18.09.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for attending my talk, Heather.

18.09.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ready for my first ever McMullen Naval History Symposium!

18.09.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my first experiences with #HATM was watching The Natural in 2020. Thanks for the memories, Robert Redford!

16.09.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, from a Vikings fan. I had the good fortune to attend a game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium last week. This week, I do think it's important to be gracious about the loss and accept the outcome with class.

15.09.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to the Falcons and their fans on such a convincing win. As a Vikings fan, I think it is important to appreciate their accomplishments and to lose gracefully.

15.09.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just bought my ticket to the IMAX release of the movie for the 30th anniversary. It will feel great to see it on the big screen again, as I did as a child in 1995.

12.09.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Rememberthesky

24 years after the most tragic day in modern American history, we must remember the words of Port Authority officer Will Jimeno: "I saw a lot of love that day." What are we doing to care for each other during the 2020s, as Americans and crewmembers of Spaceship Earth?

11.09.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I enjoyed visiting Mercedes-Benz Stadium and especially appreciated this display on girls flag football. I am glad the Falcons support girls and women in sports.

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Pleased to explore the city of Atlanta this weekend, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and community, an Atlanta Braves game, and an Atlanta Falcons game (the first NFL game I have ever attended).

07.09.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tyler's review of The Yankee Way 5/5: Longtime journalist Andy Martino has written one of the best behind-the-scenes accounts I have ever read of how baseball teams make decisions and conduct their operations. Many sources from the l...

Latest book read and reviewed: The Yankee Way, by Andy Martino. This longtime journalist has authored one of the best behind-the-scenes accounts of baseball management in the twenty-first century.

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

01.09.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Play Ball! The Rise of Baseball as America’s Pastime Take a time machine back to the days of pre-industrial America and you’ll see youths, both in the city and in the countryside, playing informal bat-and-ball games. In many ways, these simple activities looked a bit like our modern game of baseball, but th

The latest Great Courses series I have finished is Play Ball!: The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime. I recommend this look at the evolution of the game, from the early nineteenth century through the early twentieth.

www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/play-ball-th...

29.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IFT-10: All in all, a remarkably successful flight, indicating SpaceX fixed the problems that led to three back-to-back Starship failures earlier this year

27.08.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Cam Schlittler in August:

5 Starts
27.2 IP
1.63 ERA
.188 opp BA
31 K / 10 BB

26.08.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Tyler's review of Summer of '49 5/5: The legendary journalist David Halberstam penned a book on the 1949 Major League Baseball season, released in time for the fortieth anniversary while many of the Yankees and Red Sox players from ...

Latest book read and reviewed: Summer of '49, by David Halberstam.

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

24.08.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, Heather. I am looking forward to my very first trip to Annapolis for next month's McMullen conference!

24.08.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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