October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... in the 1960s, two moments in particular stand out – US President John F Kennedy saying, “We choose to go to the Moon…” and Neil Armstrong saying “…one giant leap for mankind.” Decades later it is easy to forget all that happened between those...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
... travelled along this road. So, let’s think again about the history of space and recall the words of Neil Armstrong on the 21 July 1969, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”. Has...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
When we think of the Space Age, we tend to draw an immediate parallel between space exploration and age of exploration, making a comparison between Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Monarchs, which financed him, to today’s space agencies like ...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
On 20 July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the Moon and accomplished one of the greatest achievements in the history of ...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... Me to the Moon’ quilts here: https://www.flymetothemoon.gallery/art-quilts/ I have vivid personal memory of watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take those first steps on the Moon, and my own memories of excitement about it, of going...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
... seized a valuable Apollo 11 lunar rock that she said her late husband had received from astronaut Neil Armstrong. In 1973, the US distributed a small speck of lunar material extracted during the Apollo missions as a goodwill gift to 135...
