20 May 2022
Reaching for the Moon
... dog; a Soviet “engineer” with Sputnik; Explorer 1 held high by Pickering, Van Allen and von Braun; the Mercury 7; Earthrise; Aldrin and the flag… Worse still, they are poorly reproduced on that sepia-toned paper...
19 September 2023
Apollo Remastered
... this book. The book’s images are sorted according to mission, starting with some of the best from Mercury and Gemini for context but mostly covering Apollo 7 to 17. There follows a short chapter on the development of space...
23 September 2024
Space: The Human Story
... women who have forged the way for humanity in space”, beginning with the familiar story of the Mercury Seven and moving somewhat erratically through the Apollo, Space Shuttle and other programmes. Although it’s an engaging...
