Ewan Cunningham, Author at Primal Nebula

Ewan Cunningham

Writer, editor and creator of the Primal Space channel.

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Engineering

El BIC Cristal: el bolígrafo que dominó el mundo

By Ewan CunninghamMay 13, 20250

Este es el BIC Cristal, posiblemente el producto de mayor éxito jamás fabricado. No importa donde estés en el mundo, encontrarás este boli en casas, oficinas, colegios y prácticamente en todas partes. Este diseño icónico ha llegado a todos los rincones de la Tierra -…

Why Cities Are Built On Top of Eachother?

May 3, 2025

Render showing a scuba diver discovering the famous Atocha shipwreck and all of its treasure

The Search for the Atocha – The $500 Million Shipwreck

April 5, 2025

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The Mona Lisa Art Heist

February 27, 2025

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How New Money Is Created: The Crazy System of Debt Creation

January 28, 2025

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History

Richard III: The Discover of the long lost King

By Ewan CunninghamDecember 28, 20241

Engineering

The Alhambra’s Incredible Medieval Water System

By Ewan CunninghamNovember 26, 202417

Engineering

How Mount Rushmore Was Carved

By Ewan CunninghamOctober 3, 20248

History

The Incredible Story of the Antarctic Plane Crash

By Ewan CunninghamAugust 27, 20246

History

The Crew of George 1

By Ewan CunninghamAugust 27, 20243

Engineering

How Was Venice Built? The Medieval Engineering Behind Venice

By Ewan CunninghamJuly 30, 20241

The Mechanical turk chess playing robot sitting at his wooden cabinet

Engineering

The Turk – An Unbeatable Chess Playing Robot From the 18th Century

By Ewan CunninghamJune 26, 20241

Engineering

The Almost Disastrous Space Shuttle Mission STS-93

By Ewan CunninghamMay 24, 20244

Illustrated graphic of an old man's hand holding a BIC Cristal pen

Engineering

The BIC Cristal – The Pen That Dominated The World

By Ewan CunninghamApril 25, 20244

Concorde passing infront of the Sun during a total solar eclipse

Space

Concorde’s 74 Minute Total Solar Eclipse

By Ewan CunninghamMarch 31, 20240

Science

The Pepsi Concorde – Why Blue Paint Caused Problems for Concorde

By Ewan CunninghamMarch 8, 20240

Engineering

The Incredible Paris Pneumatic Clock System from 1880

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 24, 20247

Venera 9 on the surface of Venus animation

Engineering

Surviving Venus: The Venera Space Probe’s Crazy Journey

By Ewan CunninghamJanuary 25, 20242

Brennan's gyro monorail banking around a corner as distinguished guests look on

Engineering

The Brennan Gyro Monorail from 1910 – an incredible piece of engineering

By Ewan CunninghamDecember 22, 20232

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Engineering

Updating Voyager from 15 Billion Miles Away

By Ewan CunninghamNovember 23, 20231

Echo balloon satellite in the NASA hangar

Astronomy

Project Echo – NASA’s Balloon Satellites

By Ewan CunninghamOctober 28, 20234

Science

Chandrayaan-3: India’s 14 days on the Moon

By Ewan CunninghamSeptember 20, 20234

Engineering

Cinder Lake: The Most Moon-like place on Earth

By Ewan CunninghamAugust 25, 20230

James Webb's 13 billion year old photo thumbnail

Astronomy

James Webb discovers most distant Galaxy ever

By Ewan CunninghamAugust 1, 20232

NASA's rubber room blast room bunker

NASA

NASA’s Hidden Underground Bunker Beneath Pad 39A

By Ewan CunninghamJune 25, 20230

apollo 10 lunar module snoopy orbiting the moon

Astronomy

The Mysterious Journey of Apollo 10’s Lunar Module “Snoopy”

By Ewan CunninghamMay 25, 20233

Astronomy

How James Webb’s MIRI Camera is Cooled Using Sound

By Ewan CunninghamApril 23, 20231

Astronomy

How Voyager 2 Escaped The Solar System

By Ewan CunninghamMarch 26, 20231

Saturn V on a rotating earth

Engineering

The Saturn V’s Guidance Problem

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 25, 20231

Apollo 12 3rd stage returning to Earth

Astronomy

The Mysterious 30 Year Journey of Apollo 12

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 22, 20231

Artemis 1 trajectory compared to Apollo 8

Astronomy

The Crazy Journey of Artemis 1

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 22, 20234

Space Shuttle ACES suits next to SpaceX's IVA suit

Engineering

How SpaceX Mastered Space Suits

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 22, 20233

Voyager 1 spacecraft far away from Earth

Astronomy

What If We Turned On Voyager 1’s Camera?

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 22, 20232

Old man walking past rocket debris in a field

Science

The Space Debris Problem

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 22, 20234

Russia leaving the ISS

NASA

What Happens When Russia Leaves The ISS?

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 19, 20232

Raptor testing stand in McGregor Texas

Space

SpaceX’s 80 Year Old Factory: What is the McGregor Testing Facility?

By Ewan CunninghamFebruary 19, 20234

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