It was #OnThisDay in 1961 that Vostok-1, the first spacecraft to carry a human into space, was launched into Earth Orbit.
Siobhan Logan created this little shaped poem for #DesertMoonfire in honour of that groundbreaking feat.
#OnThisDay in 1947, Von Braun married Maria von Quistorp, inspiring Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire poem 'Moon Bride' 🤵👰
#OnThisDay in 1947, Von Braun married Maria von Quistorp, inspiring Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire poem 'Moon Bride'.
It was #OnThisDay in 1938 that Korolev was taken from his wife Ksenia and young daughter Natasha by the Soviet secret police. While he waited to be arrested, he put on a record and held Ksenia. Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire poem 'Tango' is inspired by accounts of that fateful day.
It was #OnThisDay in 1938 that Korolev was taken from his wife Ksenia and young daughter Natasha by the Soviet secret police.
While he waited to be arrested, he put on a record and held Ksenia.
Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire poem 'Tango' is inspired by accounts of that fateful day.
#OnThisDay in 1945, Von Braun and his Peenemunders surrendered to American forces.
In this #DesertMoonfire extract, Siobhan Logan discusses how Von Braun managed to reinvent himself by framing his team as a group of 'frustrated space enthusiasts hijacked by the Third Reich'
#OnThisDay in 1966, Sergei Korolev died during a routine operation. After his death, Pravda unmasked the anonymous Chief Designer and Brezhnev ordered a state funeral for him. Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire poem 'Moonfall I' is told from the perspective of his daughter, Natasha.
Von Braun and J. F. K. were photographed together many times, inspiring Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire poem 'Space Icons'. Kennedy's last visit to Cape Canaveral occurred #OnThisDay in 1963, just days before his assassination.
The Vienna Summit took place #OnThisDay in 1961 between President J.F.K. and Premier Khrushchev. Afterwards, Kennedy complained that 'he really beat me up!', a statement which inspired Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire poem 'Shadow Boxing' 🥊🌙
It was #OnThisDay in 1945 that Von Braun and his Peenemunders surrendered to American forces. In this #DesertMoonfire extract, Siobhan Logan discusses how Von Braun managed to reinvent himself by framing his team as a group of 'frustrated space enthusiasts hijacked by the Third Reich'.
GIRD was established #OnThisDay in 1924. It was at this Moscow-based rocket club that Korolev met Friendrikh Tsander, a space pioneer who 'was key to Korolev's shift in direction from planes to rockets' ✈️🚀 Check out this extract from Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire for more!
#OnThisDay in 1960, disaster struck in Baikonour when a rocket exploded on the launch pad. Despite the amount of casualties, the Nedelin Catastrophe was covered up for decades. Siobhan Logan conjured up a vivid depiction of that fatal day in her #DesertMoonfire poem 'Ring of Fire'.
Happy Mother’s Day😻
To celebrate, here are 4 pieces about mothers/motherhood:
Siobhan Logan's IGNITION I & STAR HAIR 🌃
Jenny Moore 📕's EMPTY VESSEL🤰
R. J. Howell's OF BRITTLE HEART AND BLEEDING BONE 🧚
#DesertMoonfire #RasMidnightBarge #AliensOtherness #ForestOfBarkAndBone
Our last #shoutout is for 1 of our co-founders. We have 2 collections of poetry and no-fiction by Siobhan Logan:
#DesertMoonfire explores the lives of 2 Cold War rocketeers.
#RasMidnightBarge fuses ancient mythology and modern space adventure in a retelling of ESA's ROSETTA mission.
Sputnik took to the skies for the first time #OTD in 1957 🛰️
Due to its inserted transmitter, the world could track its beep-beep on their radio-waves for over 3 weeks.
Siobhan Logan wrote the shaped poem in its honour.
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It was #OnThisDay in 1927 that VfR (Space Flight Society) was founded.
Von Braun joined the group as a teenager and was nicknamed 'Sonny Boy' by the older men, a reference to Al Jolson's song about a 3 year old.
VfR's escapades inspired this #DesertMoonfire poem by Siobhan Logan.
It was #OnThisDay in 1961 that Vostok-1, the first spacecraft to carry a human into space, was launched into Earth Orbit.
Siobhan Logan created this little shaped poem for #DesertMoonfire in honour of that groundbreaking feat.
#OnThisDay in 1945, American troops entered Nordhausen and liberated the Nazi Mittelbau-Dora camp.
Following the camp's liberation, Major Staver was sent on a classified mission to seize V-2 tech for the US.
This #DesertMoonfire poem by Siobhan Logan is inspired by that mission.
#OTD in 1967, a fatal flash fire broke out aboard Apollo 1, killing three astronauts 🧑🚀🔥🚀
In 'Umbra', Siobhan Logan uses phrases from the official report into the accident to recreate the events of that terrible day🗞️
Read the full poem in #DesertMoonfire :
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#OnThisDay in 1966, Sergei Korolev died during a routine operation.
After his death, Pravda unmasked the anonymous Chief Designer and Brezhnev ordered a state funeral for him.
Siobhan Logan's #DesertMoonfire poem 'Moonfall I' is told from the perspective of his daughter, Natasha.
