by David Todd | Apr 16, 2019 | Apollo, History, NASA, On a Sadder Note
Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott has passed away at his home in Huntsville Alabama at the age of 88. Garriott was an electrical engineer by profession, becoming a professor in the subject at Stanford University. Having previously served as an electronics officer...
by David Todd | Mar 29, 2019 | On a Sadder Note
We are sad to note that real life early cosmonaut Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky has passed away at the age of 84. He flew on his first spaceflight on Vostok 5 in 1963 as well as on Soyuz 22 and Soyuz 31 in the second half of the 1970s. Meantime, in the fictional world,...
by David Todd | Jan 21, 2019 | On a Sadder Note, Seradata News
Seradata is sad to learn of the passing of Welsh comedy actor Windsor Davies at the age of 88. While he had appeared in small parts in several films, Davies came to prominence in the 1970s appearing in two carry on films, including the just-about-ok Carry On Behind...
by David Todd | Dec 30, 2018 | On a Sadder Note, Seradata News
Regular readers of this column will note that in addition to celebrating the lives of luminaries of space, Seradata also marks the passing of those who have entertained us in the past. One of these is now Dame June Whitfield who has died at the age of 93. After...
by David Todd | Dec 1, 2018 | History, International Space Station, Military space, NASA, On a Sadder Note, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
At the end of November there was yet another sign that the World War II veterans are becoming an endangered species. Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, who bravely served as a torpedo bomber aviator in the US Navy and who was even shot down, has passed away at...
by David Todd | Nov 12, 2018 | exploration, History, On a Sadder Note, Seradata News, Technology
The Canadian actor Douglas Rain has passed away at the age of 90. While he would have probably wanted to be more remembered for his Shakespearean stage roles in the 1950s, it will be his voice that will be most missed. For he played...
