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America’s return to human spaceflight

Posted by SpaceKate on May 27, 2020 at 1:31 pm

If you know me (and even if you don’t) it’s pretty obvious that I like rocket launches, which is why today, 27th May, 2020 is an exciting day. If the weather cooperates, we’ll see the first commercial crew flight – with astronauts on board – to the International Space Station (ISS), and it’s launching at […]

Japan – the great space enabler?

Posted by SpaceKate on July 27, 2017 at 7:42 pm

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi may have made the mainstream media with his photos from the international space station some years ago, but ask the average person in the street to name the big players in space, and I’m willing to bet that Japan wouldn’t be at the top of their list. Us space geeks on […]

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I want to go to space.
I’m going to get there, somehow.
But I’m going to need your help.

I’ve just turned 30. By the time I’m 40, I want to be able to say I’ve been to space. There’s got to be a way, and I’m going to find it. Somehow.

This site will follow my journey of discovery as I find out about what options there are for getting astronauts into space, what the future holds for commercial space flight and how you night get a random girl from East London up there too.

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