Free Space Apps for Android
There are plenty of space-related apps to check out in the Google Play store. I decided to download a bunch, play with […]
Soyuz to Station in record time – it’s ISS Expedition 35
TMA-08M took the latest ISS crew members up to the space station in record time. Usually it takes a couple of days […]
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 […]
Tim Peake Speaks! (At the British Interplanetary Society)
It was a wet February evening as I set out to hear British astronaut Maj Timothy Peake address a packed house at […]
The time we took on Unilever – and won!
It all started with this post in which I outlined why I thought the Lynx/Axe Space Academy competition was damagingly sexist. The […]
Hey Lynx Apollo! Women are astronauts too
If you know me, you probably know how much I want to go to space, so of course I was excited to […]
Send SpaceKate to space!
Just 10 seconds is all it would take for you to help me get one step closer to space. There’s a competition […]
A day for travelling
I didn’t sleep too well last night, partly nerves about getting everything done in time, partly excitement at the idea of seeing […]
Is Curiosity the key to life on Mars?
It’s the ultimate detective story: The case of the missing molecules on Mars. But in this mystery it’s not Sherlock Holmes playing […]
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 […]