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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Inspiring People: Paolo Nespoli, ESA astronaut
Paolo Nespoli was the first astronaut I ever met, and as well being completely wide-eyed at the fact I was talking to an […]