by David Todd | Apr 13, 2012 | exploration, History, Russia, space station
Beginning on the 12 April, – and carrying on over the next two months, the British Interplanetary Society in Vauxhall, London, is showing “First Orbit”, the hit Internet film which re-creates the story of the Major Yuri...
by David Todd | Mar 29, 2012 | exploration, History, NASA, Seradata News
In addition to his own Blue Origin rocket pursuits, Amazon guru Jeff Bezos is also interested in space history and artefacts. He is leading a team attempting to find parts of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket which was used to launch the Apollo 11 first moon...
by Dan Thisdell | Sep 28, 2011 | commercial launch services, History, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Suborbital, Technology
Sometimes, it’s best to let things speak for themselves. Read on, friends (our highlights): The First Vibrator in Space Los Angeles, CA – September 27, 2011 — On October 8, 2011, online sex toy sales leader SexToy.com, will lead a team to...
by Rob Coppinger | Apr 9, 2010 | ESA, History, NASA, Seradata News
Today Hyperbola is calling on the UK space industry, advocacy groups and political parties to back the idea of television programming from the European Space Agency and NASA to be broadcast in the UK via all means available. Outreach was highlighted as an area of...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 24, 2010 | History, NASA, Seradata News
A few days before Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo had its first captive carry flight the first US Air Force pilot to fly into space in an aircraft passed away on 17 MarchUS Air Force Major General Robert White flew his North American X-15 on 17 July 1962 to...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 29, 2010 | China, exploration, History
The Manchester, UK based-Museum of Science & Industry has teamed with the University of Manchester to exhibit a history of China’s aerospace development including that country’s space programme. Its press release says: “[The University of...
