Author Fraser MacDonald
Fraser MacDonald

Fraser MacDonald

Fraser MacDonald is a lecturer in Human Geography at Edinburgh University where he teaches historical geography and the history of science. He has a regular byline at The Guardian and has also written for Aeon Magazine, The Herald, The Age, The Australian, the LRB Books blog, amongst others publications.

Recent articles by Fraser MacDonald
Frank Joseph Malina, a co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, gives scale to an early model of the WAC Corporal research rocket. The associated steelwork is the lower section of the vertical launch tower. © Universal Images Group / Getty Images Plus

Nazis, magic and McCarthyism | The dark history of early American space exploration

Frank J. Malina is a forgotten name in the history of the USA's quest for space - his story is just a part of the deeply political story of American space exploration.
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