Leading Apollo astronaut, test pilot, engineer and airline executive, Colonel Frank Borman, has died at the age of 95. Frank Borman was a pioneer astronaut who commanded the Apollo 8 flight – the first human mission around the Moon. This key flight enabled the later...
Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly who became famous for mission the failed Apollo 13 mission in 1970 over a German measles health scare, but later became a hero to its rescue on the ground, has died at the age of 87. Mattingly had been a US Navy pilot, test pilot, and...
Space agencies from around the world including NASA and ESA paid tribute to the late Queen of the UK, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96 on 8 September. She had been on the throne for over 70 years, celebrating her Platinum jubilee earlier this...
We are sad to report that the former Apollo 11 command module pilot and astronaut – and very much an unsung hero of the mission – Mike Collins has died of cancer at the age of 90. It was Collins’ role to orbit the Moon on his own in return Command...
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) engineer and the man who refused to be cowed by his management or NASA, Allan McDonald, has died at the age of 83. McDonald was the morally courageous engineer who refused to sign off on the SRBs as safe before the Space...
We are sad not note the passing of comedian, and theatre director Sir Jonathan Miller. While he originally trained as a doctor at Cambridge University, Sir Jonathan Miller made his name as a comic wit starting off in the Beyond the Fringe satirical show which featured...
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