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Amy Shira Teitel

@amyshirateitel.bsky.social

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Author, historian, streamer, YouTuber, writer.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

New long form video is up on The Vintage Space! A deep but still not exhaustive dive into the atomic bomb: the politics, Manhattan Project, and the German Uranium Club. youtu.be/FGvS4T-r_fk

The Secret WWII Nuclear Race

YouTube video by The Vintage Space

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Is it just me or does nothing feel serious anymore? I don't think it's just me, and I went on a big ol' rant about it. The latest on my second channel: youtu.be/p--gjNI6Lqk

Why Nothing Feels Serious Anymore

YouTube video by Amy Shira Teitel

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Super exited to announce that both my YouTube channel -- the Vintage Space and my second op-ed channel -- are on Nebula! My first video is my (prolonged) thoughts on Artemis, available right now on Nebula, next week on YouTube. Check out the site and my new video here! go.nebula.tv/thevintagesp...

The Vintage Space – Nebula

Mid-century history of science and op-ed videos. New book coming in Spring 2027.

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This excellent speech from Gene Kranz in Apollo 13 is heavily based on what he actually said to the crew in Mission Control. Such a great example of history on screen! youtube.com/shorts/HPSWD...

The best motivational speech? #history #shorts

If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel Check out my books here:…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Fred Haise was shown as being caught off guard by the manual bur in Apollo 13 when, in reality, he'd called it just over two hours after the explosion. There were so many things he called SO far in advance of it becoming an issue! youtube.com/shorts/Wi-e0...

This Apollo 13 moment bugs me #shorts #history

If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel Check out my books here:…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Arguably my favourite part of The Fred Haise Show that didn't make it into the movie! youtube.com/shorts/06W_L...

How would you pass time going to the Moon? #shorts #history

If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel Check out my books here:…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Where was Ken Mattingly really when Apollo 13 launched? Not parked out by the launch pad watching by himself! youtube.com/shorts/Cwwdi...

Where was Ken Mattingly really? #shorts #history

Full video: PRESS RELEASE: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/876405025/space-historian-amy-teitel-releases-unabridged-apollo-13-documentary-on-her-popular-youtube-channel-the-vintage-space If…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The moment Apollo 13 realized they were venting oxygen was somehow a lot calmer than shown in the movie? Which is wild! youtube.com/shorts/efV3d...

When Apollo 13 knew they were in trouble... #shorts #history

If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel Check out my books here:…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I've always loved this line from Apollo 13, and it turns out it's right from the voice recordings! Full documentary us a deep dive through the mission audio, and it's full of really interesting little moments just like this. youtube.com/shorts/dzgrF...

What do we have that's good? #shorts #history

Full video: https://youtu.be/gQUHVYYHTb0 If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel Check out my books here:…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Probably the most ambitious video I've ever made as a person at a desk: a 2.5 hour dive into Apollo 13 using mostly voice recordings! I had a ton of fun putting this together, and I hope you love going on board with the crew! youtu.be/gQUHVYYHTb0

Failure Was Never an Option: the True Story of Apollo 13

There are many ways to tell this story, many lenses through which to narrate, and so many details that I couldn't fit in even at this length. This is by no means exhaustive. I just hope it brings you…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I always respond to Moon landing deniers because I can't not fight the slippery slope into full blown science denial. And so I put my thoughts into a new video on my second channel. Enjoy! youtu.be/hQVBPSmTYzk

I don't know if science can survive this

Conspiracy theories are a slippery slope, and with the rise of anti-science, I'm more than a little concerned. Also the thumbnail image is EVA training from Apollo 11. The Vintage Space:…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Documents being tossed!? If anyone has contacts at Goddard, please tell them I know an historian who will rescue them because this is horrifying. It's me. I'm the historian. But really, if someone's organizing saving docs let me know how to help! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This amazing Apollo 8 Holiday Sweater is only available through tomorrow, so grab one if you love it and haven't! (Pete not included.) And unrelated but my Apollo 13 video was cleared and is going up this weekend and I can't wait to share it!

Apollo 8 Holiday Sweater!

Grab this sweater while it's up! https://tantrummerch.com/thevintagespace/

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

When Apollo 8 left the Moon on Christmas Day in 1968, they had a little help from the man in red. Couple days late sharing this, but it's still fun! (Sweater link in the next post!) youtube.com/shorts/PCL8i...

tantrummerch.com

Apollo 8 confirmed Santa exists #shorts #history

Get your Apollo 8 Christmas Sweater while they're still up! https://tantrummerch.com/thevintagespace/ If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work!…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Just uploaded a 2.5 hour video that I'm SUPER excited to finally share only to have it stalled by a copyright claim... on NASA footage that's definitely in the public domain! I'm still hoping to have this out before the Holiday but now who knows. Anyways, hopefully a new long form video is coming!

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Has our short form video consumption affected books? I explored my hunch that yes, it has, in my latest video on my second channel:

Short form videos are making books BAD

There's a lot to this: reading rate being down; attention spans dwindling; and short form content boiling everything down to it's most basic, un-nuanced take. The results is some pretty bad…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Sometimes digging through Apollo transcripts brings up the silliest moments, like flatulence and the wrong pills.

Taking the wrong meds for gas #shorts #history

This came up in researching Apollo 13 and the suggestion to take the stimulant during landing. Fred worried Jack had accidentally taken a wrong pill, and apparently it did happen on Apollo 17! If…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Not something I usually do, slash ever do, but I have to sift through the Apollo 13 voice files for a video so I'm doing it on stream today! Figure it might be interesting to some people out there!

theSpaceVixen - Twitch

Author and historian rants while poorly playing video games she missed as a child.

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I've been feeling for a while now that I have things I want to talk about that don't really fit on The Vintage Space -- so I've relaunched my second channel for some casual, more op-ed kind of videos. Inaugural video is up, and I'm excited about this!

Making content is awful now

My main channel, The Vintage Space: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw95T_TgbGHhTml4xZ9yIqg What is Happening to Japan? (Abroad in Japan): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEWhmQjeh_I My…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Got lots of questions this week about how Nixon could possibly call the Moon for the famous chat with Buzz and Neil, so I made a quick little explainer!

How did Nixon call the MOON!? #shorts #history

If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel Check out my books here:…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I couldn't leave this one alone. Like it seems silly and harmless, but this is such a slippery slope in to damaging conspiracy theories like anti-vax and climate change denial, so I'm going to keep explaining it in the hopes people start actually thinking about things.

Like I wasn't going to respond... #shorts #kardashians

One day I don't have to keep repeating these points. Also I threw this together super quick last night -- hoping these are clear enough short answers! If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

New book in the works so decided to share a little progress along the way with weekly updates! Still not talking specifics, but I will say this is an endlessly fascinating process.

T-minus 262 #shorts #books

If you enjoy these shorts, consider supporting my work! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel Check out my books here:…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Perhaps one of the most interesting elements of a lunar landing mission to think through: when and how do you launch?

How to get to the Moon #shorts #history

Launch window calculations are obviously more complicated than this, so take this as a primer! Other considerations were comms, spacecraft performance, and how the light would shift over the course…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Diving into the atom, I learned that it's possible to take X-rays with a roll of tape! And a vacuum chamber, but still! Some researchers have ever looked at this as a cheap way to bring medical imaging to developing nations to help local doctors.

You can take an X-ray with tape #shorts #science

I learned this and it's cool so I want you to learn about it, too! Here's a longer article: https://physicsworld.com/a/sticky-tape-takes-x-ray-images/

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

This one was entirely new to me when I found it the other day: a picture of Apollo 8 reentering the atmosphere, and what is likely the Service Module burning up! New Short has the details!

You've never seen this #shorts #history

Read more at Honeysuckle Creek: https://honeysucklecreek.net/other_stations/ARIA/index.html If you like my work, consider supporting my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Fraunhofer lines are super cool, and such an important step on our journey into the atom!

When we discovered sunlight #shorts #history #atomic

Want to know more about our journey into the atom? Full video is right here! https://youtu.be/BUV8XYaZ4EU

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The Mobile Launcher (during Apollo, renamed the Mobile Launch Platform during the Shuttle era) is such a cool piece of engineering. The Saturn V's journey was amazing from the moment it left the VAB!

People had questions #shorts #history

After my video about the Crawler-Transporter a couple of weeks ago, I had a LOT of questions about how it was moved onto the launch pad and what happens to the whole thing during launch. Doesn't it…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

One of the funnest parts of my latest long form video was animating all the different atomic models! So I threw them all together in a quick little short.

Cool old atomic models #shorts #history #atomic

Full video is right here: https://youtu.be/BUV8XYaZ4EU Also these models are obviously for illustrative purposes only, the starting image being the most often "accepted" illustration of an atom. The…

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

There's a really interesting parallel between Wernher von Braun and Werner Heisenberg during the war. As I dive into the atomic bomb for my new book -- the specifics of which I'm not sharing for the moment -- I'm excited to share some research tidbits!

Heisenberg's surrender #shorts #history #atomic

SO much stuff coming about the atomic bomb program. And that's all I'm saying about specifics for the time being!

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

A quick look at Jim Lovell's incredible missions -- the first dual spacecraft mission, the final Gemini mission that rounded out the program, the first human mission to the Moon, and Apollo 13. youtube.com/shorts/zC_0e...

Jim Lovell had the best career #shorts #nasa #apollo #history

Also the story of the time I met Jim Lovell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLyuP_5CRjc All footage from NASA

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I started wanting to really understand how the atomic bomb was built. I ended up wanting to learn how we found the atom, so I made a massive video about it! Huge thanks to @drskyskull.bsky.social for going over some physics with me! youtu.be/BUV8XYaZ4EU

Our Insane Atomic Journey: How Did We Get Here?

YouTube video by The Vintage Space

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

After a super nerdy friend of mine was excited to learn Apollo 10's spacecraft were named Snoopy and Charlie Brown, I thought it'd be fun to tell the story! youtube.com/shorts/zFC5D...

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

An incredibly rare view: Earth orbit but you're inside the fuel tank! Just some awesome Apollo history to share. youtube.com/shorts/Ocl33...

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Came across Carl von Ossietzky in some research last week and kinda felt like more people ought to know about him. youtube.com/shorts/8zIMR...

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Just wanted to highlight that the Voyager missions -- which, according to NASA, cost each taxpayer just 8 cents -- returned a wealth of science and inspiration to boot. youtube.com/shorts/xr5oy...

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

It took me a while, but I finally have The Vintage Space merch! Tantrum is an excellent, small company -- not one of the major print-on-demand vendors -- with great quality and colour options. Also each of these four designs was hand drawn by yours truly!

tantrummerch.com

The Vintage Space

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Throwback to the time I met Apollo 12's Dick Gordon and had a very serious, important question to ask about the mission... youtube.com/shorts/-8okt...

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Reading some post-WWII scientists memoirs I came across this bit that felt far too important not to share.

A warning #shorts #history

This memoir was written in 1946, and before anyone asks: yes, I'm getting into som new post-war science stuff, but it's going to be a bit to finish writing a...

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I think my favourite part about the whole conspiracy thing is conspiracy theorists are really convinced they've found some evidence Soviet intelligence experts missed. Apparently.

Why would you bother faking it? #shorts #history

It's never going to stop, is it.

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

NASA's Ranger 7 A Camera pictures put together to show the first time we crashed into the Moon. Another from the "this is super cool and I wanted to share it" files!

Let's crash into the Moon why not #shorts #history

Ranger 7 was also the mission that started the JPL peanuts tradition. Putting this in my description before anyone explains that to me in the comments!

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Another from the fun files! This was the era where there was, obviously, no 3D modeling. You had an idea, you did the math to design it, then you built a tiny one and flew it to see how it'd work. Just love old videos like this so wanted to share! youtube.com/shorts/nC6Eu...

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Just another fun one today from the "I've been sorting my video archive" files! Playing around on Skylab. youtube.com/shorts/Xk085...

Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Sometimes I zone out watching footage like this and it's super calming, so here's a calm moment for your weekend!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

With pretty much everything that looks "wrong" on the Moon, the key thing people insist on ignoring is that the Moon is not the Earth. And the lack of craters under the LM is the top thing people point to, so let's go over it! youtube.com/shorts/5izWZ...

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

People bring up the shot of Apollo 17 leaving the moon as clear proof it was in a soundstage, so let me explain how it wasn't.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It's such a good shot of ullage motors I had to talk about them. Also the space for gas and expansion in the tank is called ullage... hence ullage motors. I realize I didn't expressly say that so I'm saying it now!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

You can't see stars on the Moon... but that doesn't meant they aren't there! I've done this many times but I still get comments like this so I guess we're doing it again!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Imagine having to reject relativity as a physicist in the 1930s. Imagine rejecting Nobel-winning, world-changing science. That's so crazy, right? Also Hitler thought space was made of ice and that's what caused weather.

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

For some reason a deep space EVA (or transEarth EVA if you want to be specific) freaks me out more than just being in the spacecraft on the way home. But I love them. I even have a pic from Al Worden's on Apollo 15 signed on my wall!

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Yes, rockets can fly in a vacuum. It kind of blows my mind that in a country where no one denies firearms exist and have recoil people also deny that action/reaction exists. This one's been coming up a lot in my comments lately so trying to make it more accessible!

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