Deaf Difference + Space Survival In the News

Media and community coverage of the Deaf Difference + Space Survival exhibition:

• “How Being Deaf Made the Difference in Space Research,” posted by Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum.
• “Gallaudet University highlights NASA’s deaf hidden figures,” by Mike Carter-Conneen of ABC 7 News (WJLA-TV).
• NASA History Facebook Post Featuring the “Gallaudet Eleven.”
• ” ‘I wanted to serve’: These deaf men helped NASA understand motion sickness in space,” by Sarah Larimer of The Washington Post.
• “How 11 deaf volunteers help launch the space age,” by Bob McDonald of CBC News – Technology and Science (Canada).
• “How 11 Deaf Men Helped Shape NASA’s Human Spaceflight Program,” by Hannah Hotovy – News & Notes, Volume 34, Number 2 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
• “Deaf Perspective: Inside View of Early Space Research,” by Jean Lindquist Bergey. Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 2018 – Volume 25, No. 1, pages 12-28. Blind-friendly version.
• “We are different in a way they needed,” by Jean Lindquist Bergey. Gallaudet Today News, March 16, 2018.
• “Little Known Piece of NASA History,” by Sandra Jones. NASA Johnson Space Center: Round Up Reads, April 26, 2018.
• U.S. Congresswoman Jen Kiggans gives a speech about the Gallaudet 11 on the House Floor, March 30, 2023. (ASL Version)