by David Todd | Aug 1, 2012 | History
While India continues to make plans to launch astronauts (“Gaganauts”) into space (and thus catch up with its neighbour China) albeit that the GSLV 3 launch vehicle it planned for man-rating, has yet to fly successfully, it has now had the...
by David Todd | Jul 26, 2012 | History
Dr Who actress Mary Tamm has passed away at the age of 62 after battling cancer. The actress played a fellow time lord to the BBC TV time and space travelling science fiction character, the Doctor, as played by Tom Baker during the late...
by David Todd | Jul 26, 2012 | History, On a Lighter Note
At the official start of the London 2012 Olympics, it is not just the Olympic competitors that are prepared, satellite operators have been putting out press releases noting that they are also ready for action . Eutelsat Communications notes that coverage of the...
by David Todd | Jul 3, 2012 | History, Space Shuttle
Former US Navy pilot and Space Shuttle astronaut, Captain Alan Poindexter, 50, has been killed in a jet ski accident on 1 July. Poindexter piloted the Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-122 in February 2008 and was commander...
by David Todd | May 28, 2012 | History, NASA
Just the Disney-Pixar Toy Story cartoon character Buzz Lightyear was so named after the Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, so the 55-year-old British comedian and space aficionado, Frank Skinner, has also named his new baby boy Buzz. ...
by David Todd | May 18, 2012 | History, International Space Station, space station
After Internatioal Space Station Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers played Sir Elton John’s famous song Rocket Man to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the song, so now the 65 year old singer has sent up a video of a live...
