Space Lectures: Apollo 12’s Alan Bean, in his own words
Captain Alan Bean was the fourth of only 12 men ever to walk on the Moon. I was lucky enough to hear […]
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Dinner with Apollo12 Astronaut Alan Bean
It’s Friday 11th October, 2013. I’m aching from a five and a half hour car journey from central London to Pontefract, but […]
The Lynx Effect?
Lynx adverts show their products as having the power to mesmerise and enchant the ladies, instantly drawing them like moths to a […]
Lynx Space Academy: Stage Two
I’m petrified. By the end of the weekend I may be one step closer of my dream of getting to space, or, […]
Association of Space Explorers – 26th Planetary Congress
The Association of Space Explorers (ASE) is perhaps the most exclusive club in the universe. To be eligible to join […]
Women in Space
NASA’s new astronaut class is the first ever to have an even split of men and women. Of the eight new […]
Valentina’s Day – celebrating the first woman in space
Fifty years ago today the first woman was launched into space by the Soviet Union. Valentina Tereshkova orbited our planet 48 times […]
International Space Apps Challenge
It was the biggest hackathon in the world apparently. 83 different locations around the globe hosting space fans, coders, designers and more […]
It’s #ESAAurora!
This is not my usual style of blog post, but I thought I’d have a play and try to capture some of […]
Amazing Encounters: Apollo 16’s Charlie Duke
Until last Saturday, the only thing that I associated with Pontefract in West Yorkshire, was the bitter liquorice “Pontefract cakes” that my […]