October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
...to space himself. In one of the more unfortunate branding disasters of history, Dennis was hailed as the world’s first ‘space tourist’ His...and training his trip required and its incredible importance in history. To me a tourist is someone with a fanny...
30 January 2019
New physics needed to explain early expansion of the Universe
... the Universe works. Nonetheless, although it describes many phenomena with faithful precision, certain epochs in the Universe’s history are notoriously difficult to study because pinning down exactly how fast the cosmos has expanded, especially...
June 2015
The day Philae landed: how a rough touchdown still made history at the Rosetta Mission
... to an already challenging comet landing. Preparations November 12, 2014 will be remembered as the day when Europe made space history… Although the comet landing occurred on 12 November, Philae was switched on in preparation during the late afternoon...
January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
...the first quarter of 2018 and, for the first time in history, elections to a parliament are based on language rather than ...the magnitude of his achievement resonated throughout the world - history may one day recognise the launch of Asgardia-1 in ...
June 2018
Striding through space
... spaceflight programs and personalities, and has interviewed many astronauts and cosmonauts. Ken is co-editor of the NASA History Office’s Apollo 11 Flight Journal, a contributor to the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, and has provided technical advice...
November 2019
Cosmo’s adventures in animated edutainment
...setting Cosmo’s origin during the Apollo era, he represents the history of world space programmes, while his earthbound kindred spirit, a... Earth, she is how audiences will relate to the history of spaceflight and the distant dream of Mars embodied by ...
