June 2019
A reluctant American hero
... review of his nature as a man and an astronaut, and of his importance as commander of the first Moon landing and its enduring consequences. The 2018 biopic First Man, directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, offers one perspective...
November 2017
Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
... three American astronauts who advanced humankind’s quest to explore space but perished before the first Moon landing was achieved. Imagine if these first off-world footprints, preserved until now by the vacuum of space, were erased? There is also...
November 2019
Space for Art – Reflections on the Moon
... musical overtures in space comes from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey made one year before the first Moon landing. The film begins in total darkness, with only the sound of avant-garde Hungarian composer Györgi Ligeti...
May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
... marking the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, as part of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, we should take time to reflect on all of the lessons we’ve learned from our Apollo travels to the Moon. These lessons are absolutely those of discovery...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
...protection of some of the historical sites and associated objects. It would be unrealistic to attempt to save all evidence of those first Moon landings, but perhaps we could try to protect some of the boot prints, rover tracks and space hardware that...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
... manager for the Apollo programme. According to Joann, her husband received memorabilia associated with the first Moon landing mission, Apollo 11, which included two encased paperweights. One of the paperweights contained a small fragment of the...
