by David Todd | Feb 13, 2016 | Apollo, History, Russia
Space Cadets have very little time left to see the ‘Cosmonaut – Birth of the Space Age’ exhibition at London’s Science Museum. The exhibition, displaying some important spacecraft and artefacts from the early years of the Soviet space programme, is set to close on...
by David Todd | Feb 8, 2016 | History, Science
The chance of an individual being killed by meteorite (a meteor that actually reaches the ground) remains surprisingly high. This is because, while major events are rare, a cataclysmic strike could kill millions. Given the destruction that such an event would cause,...
by David Todd | Feb 8, 2016 | Apollo, History, On a Sadder Note
Apollo 14 astronaut and moon walker, Edgar Mitchell has passed away at the age of 85. Mitchell accompanied Apollo 14 mission commander and ex-Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard to the Fra Mauro region on the surface of the moon in February 1971, leaving command module...
by David Todd | Jan 19, 2016 | History, Science
There is good news for those “flat Earthers” who still think the Earth is flat (yes – bizarrely they still exist), or for those that hold to creationist views winning over evolution, or for those who still believe that the Inquisition was right...
by David Todd | Jan 15, 2016 | ESA, History, International Space Station, NASA
Major Tim Peake has become the first British astronaut to go out into space on a spacewalk as he stepped out of the air lock along with US NASA astronaut, Tim Kopra, who was on his third spacewalk. The EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity), which began at 1255 GMT (hatch...
by David Todd | Jan 11, 2016 | History, Technology
Having previous laid off over half its 90 staff in 2011, Bigelow Aerospace, the company which makes inflatable capsules for space use, has again felt the need to cut staff. Approximately one third of its currently employed 150 staff are believed to have been laid off...
