Space is real
So here’s a sentence I never thought I’d honestly be able to write, and it’s not meant to sound boastful or anything, […]
Disaster Strikes!
On Wednesday afternoon I heard that all my work over the past year and a half, was lost. Everything on spacekate.com/ was […]
Yuri's First Orbit
It’s Yuri’s Night 2012. My third Yuri’s Night since that fateful day when Dr Chris McKay gave me my treasured NASA pin badge and […]
ATV3 Docking and the ATVTweetUp
In a fantastic trip for my SpaceNomad alter-ego, I was part of the lucky group invited by ESA and CNES (the French […]
Spacewalking – like giving birth to yourself
I’m grinning from ear to ear. As I type this, cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Konenenko are engaged in a Russian […]
Exploring the Cite de l’espace, Toulouse
I’ve been thinking for a long while that I should write reviews of different space centres and museums, and my visit […]
The Chinese Space Programme
2012 is the Chinese year of the Dragon, which is surely a good sign for SpaceX who will be launching their combined […]
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
I was lucky enough to hear Richard Garriott, gaming impresario and private astronaut, recount his personal tale of his mission to space […]
A Charlie Bolden "Wow" Moment
This afternoon something very strange happened. I received a tweet from @katrobinson that said “@SpaceKate Administrator Bolden is talking about you! #NASATweetup”. My instant response? […]
Dear Science Museum… don't hide the star exhibit
I love the Science Museum in London. I always have, whether it was because it had lots of buttons to press as a child, […]