February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... key pieces of the material culture of spaceflight and science. [See also ROOM #22, Winter 2019/20 – ‘Preserving our space heritage’ by Stuart Eves]. Such an orbital museum would come with enormous costs, but it is not impossible to foresee advances...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
...out there that we would wish to preserve as important parts of our space heritage in some kind of space museum? Save our satellites Scientific satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have contributed enormously to our understanding of the...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... to build a UK-based launcher business. “I could see that the appetite for commercial space was growing in the UK,” he said. “Meanwhile our engineering heritage, satellite and data experience and academic strength is at a level where an end-to-end...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... working on the rocket range, is open to tourists and is well worth a visit for the serious space history buff. The Woomera Heritage Centre, in the heart of the village, provides an excellent exhibition that presents the history of the...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... of access required by the OST. There is one provision of the Accords that marks something new: space heritage. Recognising that evidence of human activities on celestial bodies is worth preserving, Accords signatories have committed to “preserve...
25 April 2018
The Final Mission: Preserving NASA’s Apollo Sites
...” for their historic roles. Subsequent chapters consider threats to space heritage sites, legal frameworks for historic preservation and some ‘success stories’ in space preservation (which of course includes Apollo capsules and other equipment...
