by David Todd | Dec 13, 2018 | History, Seradata News
While this column has liked to make fun of the German accent, Germans are also famous for putting the verb at the end of their sentences – just like the Star Wars’ Yoda character. As such, Seradata could not resist putting this factor into its e-Christmas card this...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 5, 2018 | commercial launch services, History, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
After a series of delays due to reasons ranging from national holidays to high winds, the Sun-Synch Express mission for Spaceflight Industries was launched by a Space X Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket at 1834 GMT, 3 December 2018. The launch from the western SpaceX launch pad...
by David Todd | Dec 4, 2018 | History, India, Seradata News
After writing his latest book on the subject, during November, space historian and author, Gurbir Singh, presented a precis lecture at the British Interplanetary Society detailing the history of the Indian Space Programme. Singh showed how modern space science...
by David Todd | Dec 1, 2018 | History, International Space Station, Military space, NASA, On a Sadder Note, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
At the end of November there was yet another sign that the World War II veterans are becoming an endangered species. Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, who bravely served as a torpedo bomber aviator in the US Navy and who was even shot down, has passed away at...
by David Todd | Nov 13, 2018 | History, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
Your correspondent writes this as one who has been accused of being dangerously right-wing by some on the left, and accused of being dangerously left-wing by some on the right. It is always nice to be disliked by everyone! Nevertheless, whether they come from the...
by David Todd | Nov 12, 2018 | exploration, History, On a Sadder Note, Seradata News, Technology
The Canadian actor Douglas Rain has passed away at the age of 90. While he would have probably wanted to be more remembered for his Shakespearean stage roles in the 1950s, it will be his voice that will be most missed. For he played...
