Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky. Hickam's body of written work also includes several additional best-selling memoirs and novels, including the "Josh Thurlow" historical fiction novels, his 2015 best-selling Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife, and her Alligator and in 2021 the sequel to Rocket Boys titled Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky.
Vigor Marine Group, formerly Vigor Industrial, is an American shipbuilding, ship repair, and marine service company based in Portland, Oregon. Vigor operates shipyards in Oregon, …
Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care is an American transmission-repair franchise and company-owned automotive service centers headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania. As of 20…
SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the ship shuttles between Ludington, Michigan, and…
Police Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Poileas Alba), formally the Police Service of Scotland (Seirbheis Phoilis na h-Alba), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforce…
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (IATA: SHD, ICAO: KSHD, FAA LID: SHD) is in the census-designated place of Weyers Cave, Virginia, United States, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the To…
The office of the Housing Ombudsman Service is an executive non-departmental public body of the government of the United Kingdom, sponsored by the Ministry of Housing, Communities…
