19 July 2018
The Long Space Age
... book investigates – in the words of its subtitle - “the economic origins of space exploration from colonial America to the Cold War”. It does so in four main chapters with somewhat obscure titles (for example, “In the eyes of the world: the...
20 July 2018
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: The NASA Mission Reports
... with a mission that utilised a spare Apollo spacecraft for an historic political meeting in orbit at the height of the Cold War. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), which took place in 1975, was a surprise to many at the time...
04 October 2018
Space cluster launch takes UK beyond the final frontier
...a major transformation from historic testing site into UK centre of excellence for technology. “Once the centre of the UK’s Cold War Rocket Research, Westcott is now home to a thriving nucleus of space companies and there is some really exciting work...
31 December 2018
Rocket Men: the daring odyssey of Apollo 8
... may seem exaggerated to some readers, but those who lived through the Moon Race and the Cold War will identify. The book is based on extensive interviews with the three crewmembers, two of their wives and...
15 June 2020
Space Dogs - The story of the celebrated canine cosmonauts
..., cigarette cases, ornaments and myriad dog-related items, helped to validate Russia as the superior power in the Cold War. This, in itself, is quite a statement, but the author goes as far as to compare the Soviet space dogs with...
25 September 2020
Baikonur - Vestiges of the Soviet Space Programme
... world’s first satellite and first manned spacecraft. It is also one of the least well understood, thanks to decades of Cold War obfuscation and years of neglect following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. To be frank, even a visit to a launch pad...
