08 January 2023
The Light of Earth: reflections on a life in space
... on the human and sometimes tragic side of spaceflight, notably his personal feelings about fellow astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, and the “shocking deaths” of his comrades in NASA’s three major tragedies. The book...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... An ideal example of sewing activity from NASA’s history is the Apollo 11 mission where the survival of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins was literally ‘in the hands’ of talented seamstresses. NASA trained its seamstresses...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
... concept of human to get rid of it and do without it altogether? Can humanity take such a step? And does it want to? Neil Armstrong’s footprint in the lunar soil photographed during Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission in July 1969. Equality...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... to develop a high-tech industry and reducing its dependency on seasonal tourism is an opportunity to embrace Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. To get them there, hundreds of thousands of people had worked together...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... Creek actually brought the world the television images of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the lunar surface, before the rest of... Creek tracking station that received the television signals of Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon, now a heritage monument...
January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
... future course by adopting laws, calling referenda and appointing ministers and justices. To paraphrase world famous astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon, the launch of Asgardia-1 can be seen as a first small step leading...
