IDW Publishing’s “Star Trek: Day of Blood” might have just wrapped up its acclaimed crossover event in “Star Trek #12” this week, but a new prequel one-shot also just dropped on Wednesday (Sept. 27). The prequel exposes exactly what Shaxs’ earlier involvement was in the clash against the power-hungry Emperor Kahless II and his Red Path Klingons before signing aboard the USS Cerritos in “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” As avid fans know, Shaxs is the former Bajoran Resistance fighter and current chief of security for the Cerritos in that popular…
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Get a sneak peek at Titan Comics’ new ‘Doctor Who: Once Upon A Time Lord’ (video)
David Tennant’s iconic portrayal of the Tenth Doctor in the venerable “Doctor Who” franchise is one of the most beloved in the series’ 60-year history. Now, Titan Comics is offering up a batch of new adventures starring the gallivanting Gallifreyan in a 64-page graphic novel written by comics veteran and “Spider-Verse” co-creator Dan Slott. Zooming into our dimension on Nov. 7, “Doctor Who: Once Upon A Time Lord” features interior and cover artwork from acclaimed illustrators Christopher Jones, Matthew Dow Smith, and Mike Collins. And we’ve got a trippy new…
Read MoreNASA astronaut Jan Davis recounts career, father’s POW experience in new book
Davis: I was fortunate enough to be hired (at NASA) as an engineer in 1979, before the space shuttle flew in ’81. They were trying to ramp up people to work on not only the shuttle, but also things that flew on the shuttle, which is why I worked on the Hubble Space Telescope, which was amazing. They had just selected the first group of astronauts to fly in the space shuttle in 1978: 35 astronauts, of which there were six women. So for the first time, the astronauts were…
Read MoreLearn the true stories of NASA’s 1st women astronauts in new book ‘The Six’ (exclusive)
NASA changed forever in 1978 with the addition of new kinds of astronauts. That year, NASA accepted women and people of color into the astronaut corps for the first time, and the new book “The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts” (Scribner, 2023) by Loren Grush shares the true firsthand stories of the female pioneers in that group. Grush’s book focuses on the stories of astronauts Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid and Rhea Seddon, while also talking about the decades of discrimination…
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