” It starts with the sudden onset of darkness, and continues as a page-turner, with the scale of events and ideas getting ever bigger”
Book Review: Galaxias by Stephen Baxter
The Autumn Stars
“Arcturus, the brightest star in Boötes, the Herdsman, is one of the brightest stars in the sky, the very brightest north of the Ecliptic, and was accorded a special role in the astrology of the ancient world.”
Eyewitness 5 – Mercury Capsule, Glasgow Student Charities Week, 1964
Gordon Cooper with Mercury capsules, 1963. This story takes us back to 1964
Eyewitness to History (4): Shuttle Trainer, Houston 27th July 1986
“The 1980 novel by Lee Correy visualised the Shuttle Atlantis making an emergency landing on Easter Island, which hadn’t been prepared for it, getting down by a miracle and causing a serious international incident. “
Building on the Moon
“If we’re going to live and work on another planet like Mars or the moon, we need to make concrete. But we can’t take bags of concrete with us — we need to use local resources” Norman Wagner, Unidel Robert L. Pigford Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware.
Eyewitness to History (3) : Challenger Liftoff, STS-41G, October 1984
Gene Roddenberry (left), Dr. Brian O’Leary (centre), Deke Slayton (right), View from Earth conference dinner, July 31, 1984
Eyewitness to History (2): Discovery Landing, STS-41D, September 5th, 1984
“In summer 1979, I was back at Kennedy Space Centre.”
The Sky Above You – August 2022
“The Moon will be Full on August 13th, which will be a Supermoon, at Full when at its nearest to Earth (perigee), unfortunately right at the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.”
Eyewitness to History (1): Apollo through Binoculars
Apollo-Soyuz mission liftoff, July 15th 1975 (NASA)
Archaeoastronomy from the Air
“In 1982 I was the coordinator and navigator for an aerial archaeology flight. “
