May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
... created his first artwork in space – coloured pencil drawings of an orbital sunrise and pencil sketches of his Apollo-Soyuz crewmates; and throughout his life he has carried on painting and sharing beautiful impressions of his spaceflights with...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... and ascent, and the lack of a docking tunnel (the cosmonaut had to spacewalk between LK3 and the Soyuz-type spacecraft in lunar orbit). Baikonur, September 1968 - US Gambit KH-8 spy satellite photo of the first N-1 rocket on the...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
... s Science Museum s Space Descent VR exhibit uses state-of-the-art VR technology to allow visitors a 360° look inside a Soyuz capsule and retrace British astronaut Tim Peake’s journey back to Earth from the ISS, with narration...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... bring the price of a seat to LEO down below $1m (an enormous drop from the current $75m for a seat on Soyuz), the price is only half the equation if you want to grow your market beyond joy-rides. The...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...’ in the search engine produces no less than 2786 results (at the time of writing). These include an idea for a Soyuz rocket set (which had 437 supporters); Delta II launch vehicle (249) and Skylab space station (32). The...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... interpretation of colours. Russian architect, Galina Balashova’s watercolour designs defined modules and furniture for the interiors of Soyuz, as well as the Mir and Salyut space stations. French-borm American industrial designer, Raymond Loewy...
