This Challenger Shuttle Collage, by former New Hampshire resident Marc Gagnon, will soon hang at the McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center. The 16 x 20 piece will be on display in time for the 25th anniversary of the Challenger explosion (January 28). Click here for information about the Discovery Center. Some of Gagnon’s other works can be seen in the Smithsonian,…
On Febuary 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon its re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere, breaking apart over Texas and parts of Louisiana. All seven crewmembers were killed, and although Columbia’s loss was considered a great tragedy for the United States and its manned space program, it is still overshadowed by Challenger’s ill-fated launch in the collective memory of…
So what was Christa’s lesson plan for her Challenger Mission? According to former Concord school teacher Phil Browne, her proposal was the simplest of all the finalist’s entries, and it was her basic approach to teaching that most appealed to the selection committee at NASA.McAuliffe planned to teach two live lessons during the flight. The first, called “The Ultimate Field…
The last words captured by the fight voice recorder in Challenger were not Commander Francis Scobee’s haunting, “Go at throttle up.” Three seconds later, Pilot Michael Smith uttered, “Uh oh,” at the very moment that all electronic data from the spacecraft was lost. The public has never heard the inflection of Smith’s words, nor the ambient noise in the cabin…
I hate town meeting. Town meeting is a laboratory sink for psychologists. Every dreadful facet of human nature reveals itself at these gatherings. One must have the emotions of a sociopath to escape town meeting with one’s soul intact. I remember a town meeting in Temple years ago where the Police Chief, Russ Tyler, was attacked for using his cruiser…
The D.C. troupe of former-congressional-staffers-turned-comedians are performing on February 12 at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord. The show benefits CATCH Neighborhood Housing.The Capitol Steps lampoon politics and politicians from the left and the right in an evening of musical (and hilarious) political satire.February 12Silent auction and reception begin at 5:30 p.m.Show begins at 8 p.m.$12.50, $36 and…
An 1820 wedding gift enjoyed by seven generations.Thank you for sending me an image of your chest of drawers. It is a terrific piece with a well-chronicled family provenance.According to your family documentation, combined with the pencil inscription on the backboards of the chest, in 1820 this chest was made for and given to Polly Sibley Eastman of Hopkinton, N.H.,…
Settling in and setting a new standard.Boyan Moskov had it made in Bulgaria. After training at the Sofia Art Academy and a stint in Sweden he was running a successful pottery business, and then, love struck. Moskov met his wife Anna, a New Hampshire native, when she was abroad as part of a Peace Corp mission. They packed up and…
It’s a matter of place.When Chef/owner Michael Buckley announces he is closing his famous bistro, Michael Timothy’s, you know there has been a major sea change in the dining climate, maybe even a major rift in the time/space continuum.How could this happen? Buckley’s presence on Main Street Nashua marked the beginning of a renaissance of a vital downtown retail and…
Featured Shop – New Hampshire Interiors, MeredithMy Martha Washington chair for the living room is being re-covered in a new glorious fabric. I’m looking for paint to re-do my downstairs bath and, if all goes well, I might even splurge on an entire new bed linen set. Winter is a time for refreshment. What used to be known as Adirondacks…
