In a 1950's mining town called Coalwood, Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However in October 1957, everything changes when the ...

Raised in Appalachian coal country, Homer H. Hickam ... brought to the screen in the Universal Studios new release, October Sky. The story originally appeared as a feature in Air & Space ...

In his debut, Hickam, a retired NASA engineer, walks that line From the informed imagination of the author of Rocket Boys: A Memoir (finalist for an NBCC Award; made into the movie October Sky ...

Former NASA engineer Homer Hickam says the Dragon capsule is a 'remarkable' machine on 'Special Report.' China shuts down trade with US in riposte to Trump A Tornado Just Hit a Major Urban Center ...

Homer Hickam, the rocket scientist from Coalwood, West Virginia, whose life is portrayed in the 1999 film “October Sky,” based on Hickam’s memoir of the same name. At the center of Coalwood ...

Produced by Allen Media Strategies Burke Allen and co-hosted by longtime AMS clients Homer Hickam and Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. along with actor an ...