01 December 2020
The main platform at Arecibo has collapsed
Just weeks after officials announced that the iconic and world famous Arecibo Observatory would be dismantled, the instrument platform suspended above the 305-metre ...
23 February 2021
NASA releases first audio recording of Mars and stunning landing video of Perseverance
... NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk. “Perseverance is just getting started, and already has provided some of the most iconic visuals in space exploration history. It reinforces the remarkable level of engineering and precision that is required to build...
14 March 2021
Apollo 13 Owners Workshop Manual
Apollo 13 is an iconic mission in the history of spaceflight and many books have been written about it. This is a re-issue of the Haynes ...
24 May 2021
Virgin Galactic makes first flight to space from New Mexico
... Frederick Medina. “We are pleased that Virgin Galactic reached out to our Pueblo for permission to utilize this iconic symbol of the state of New Mexico. It is an honor to work with Virgin Galactic and to know that a part of Zia...
09 August 2021
NASA is seeking applicants for yearlong simulated Mars mission
.... Each mission will consist of four crew members living and working in a 1,700-square-foot module 3D-printed by ICON, called Mars Dune Alpha. The habitat will simulate the challenges of a mission on Mars, including resource limitations...
16 January 2022
NASA Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31
Regular readers of ROOM may remember my article on “Lego’s replica space programme” [issue #24, 2020], in which I suggested “that icon of human space travel, the Space Shuttle”, as the next space-related Lego model. Little did I know it ...
