Amazing Encounters – Apollo 13’s Fred Haise
You’ve seen the film, you know the dramatic story, but meeting one of the members of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission is […]
A Bad Week for Commercial Space
It’s been a tough week for commercial spaceflight. We know spaceflight is hard, but two stark reminders so close together really bring […]
Talkin’ ‘bout my (space) generation
The space generation – those us of born after the beginning of the space age – have our very own organisation – […]
Gene Cernan: Last Man on the Moon – film review
A large bull fills the screen, then there’s a bucking bronco – not the sort you see at events, but a shot […]
Ken Mattingly – Apollo’s humble hero
“I would encourage you to understand that the people that made Apollo happen, are not here” says Ken Mattingly, self-effacingly. “There wasn’t […]
Is US-Russian space co-operation at risk?
Today I was alerted via Twitter to the news that “all NASA contacts with Russian Government representatives are suspended, unless the activity […]
Three years since STS-133
Three years ago today, I saw something magnificent, something awe-inspiring, something powerful, something scary, something that made me shake (in more ways […]
SKYLON – the answer to UK space dreams?
It’s like this: I would LOVE the UK to have a human spaceflight programme. I would LOVE the UK to lead the […]
Rosetta’s Awake!
Do you have trouble waking up in the morning when your alarm goes off? Me too, but today I don’t feel so […]
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 […]