March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
... contribute to scientific advances was stunted by the lack of imagination around them. Veterok and Ugolyok, launched into space on 22 February 1966 aboard the Cosmos-110 biosatellite, pictured at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems, USSR...
11 January 2016
Space Rock Legend David Bowie Dies Aged 69
...Man of Words/Man of Music”, but was later reissued as “Space Oddity” With “Space Oddity”, Bowie became one of the most prominent representatives of the “space rock” sub-genre of rock music. Space rock initially referred to a group of late 1960s-1970s...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... fiction films released during the 1960s illustrates the impact that space exploration had on the arts, while David Bowie, always the zeitgeist, recorded Space Oddity one month before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon: Bowie’s early...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
... extends across popular culture too, where movies such as Apollo 13 and songs like David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ encapsulate the challenges and triumphs of astronauts. These works not only entertain but also deepen the ...
