Teitel Amy Shira

Amy Shira Teitel is a spaceflight historian, author, and public speaker who, much like her subjects, is one of the only academically trained young women in her field. She earned a Bachelor’s degree with combined honours in History of Science and Technology and Classics (U. King’s College and Dalhousie University) as well as a Master’s degree in Science and Technology Studies before transitioning into popular science writing. She has written for more than two dozen websites including the BBC and Time Magazine online, she earned a Group Achievement Award from NASA as part of the New Horizons Mission to Pluto team, and appears frequently as a expert interviewee on a number of TV shows and documentaries, including The Apollo Chronicles and NASA's The Unexplained Files. She also maintains her blog, Vintage Space, as its companion YouTube channel of the same name that has more than 327,000 subscribers.