by John Murawski | Aug 31, 2011 | Iron Maiden, News, Stories of the Johnsville Centrifuge
“Iron Maiden” Used to Set Standing World Record Comes Home An important research tool once used to test theories about submerging the human body in water to lessen the effects of G forces encountered during space flight is returning to Bucks County after a 15 year...
by John Murawski | Jul 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
May 5, 2011 was a historic day for Bucks County as the original gondola of the Johnsville Centrifuge that was used for training America’s early space heroes returned to Warminster. It had spent the last 47 years at the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration and...
by John Murawski | May 11, 2011 | News, Original Gondola
Below is the text of an editorial that appeared in the Daily Intelligencer on Monday, May 9, 2011. History made here America’s space program has roots in Warminster IT WAS ALL so new then, so unfamiliar, so much like something out of Capt. Video: On May 5, 1961...
by John Murawski | Apr 13, 2011 | News, Oral History
TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL SPRING GALA: SAT., MAY 14TH 2011 AT THE VE CLUB Renown Astronomer Derrick Pitts to Provide Comments on Importance of Science Education Program will also feature Special Q&A Session with Retired Naval Corpsman who...
by John Murawski | Nov 11, 2010 | Stories of the Johnsville Centrifuge
Retired Navy Corpsman Art Guntner made a trip to the Johnsville Centrifuge and Science Museum in Warminster, PA from his home in Inwood, West Virginia not knowing what he would find in the building where he worked as an Aerospace Medicine Technician (AMT) in the early...
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