by David Todd | Dec 10, 2012 | History
Noted astronomer and The Sky at Night television presenter Sir Patrick Moore, has passed away at the age of 89. Born in 1923, Moore suffered a childhood of ill-health. Nevertheless, during this period Moore gained his interest in...
by David Todd | Nov 13, 2012 | commercial launch services, History
It has been announced that Christopher Kubasic who was to become CEO of Lockheed Martin in January has resigned from the company after having an affair with a subordinate employee of the firm. The affair was in breach of the firm’s ethics code. The...
by David Todd | Oct 23, 2012 | History, Satellites, Science, Technology
On 20th January 1994 a major solar/geogmagnetic event knocked out satellites and partially shut down the power grid in Canada. The satellites most seriously affected were the Telesat Anik E-1 and E-2 communications satellites which were knocked...
by David Todd | Sep 13, 2012 | Apollo, exploration, History, Seradata News
A national act of remembrance for Neil Armstrong was held at the Washington National Cathedral (on of whose windows include a moon rock brought back by Apollo 11) on the morning (local time) of 13 September. The service,which was broadcast by NASA TV, held...
by David Todd | Sep 12, 2012 | Apollo, exploration, History, NASA, Seradata News
On 12 September 1962, in a speech made at the Rice University, Houston, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy announced a commitment to land men on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. The speech set NASA on a mission that it achieved with Apollo 11’s landing in...
by David Todd | Aug 28, 2012 | Apollo, exploration, History, NASA, Orion, Seradata News
Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon in July 1969, has passed away on 25 August, three weeks after his 82nd birthday. Armstrong had been recovering from medical procedures to alleviate his blocked coronary arteries, when complications led to his...
