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For any space nut, the most famous speech from the Apollo era was never given. It was prepared for Richard Nixon and is called In …

Today is Ada Lovelace Day. A day to celebrate the role that women have played in science. This is going to be the third time …

Space people think is a long way away. They are wrong. It only starts 63 miles away or, if you prefer the metric system, 100 …

Posted July 9, 2014July 7, 2014by Over Lord

It was 42 years between man crossing the Atlantic in a plane to man walking on the Moon. Today, that’s about half a lifetime ago. …

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One upon a time a man wrote that space was big, really big… He wasn’t wrong, it is quite huge as the below 4 images …

Today is Yuri’s Night. A day to celebrate and to remember the flight of Vostok 1 and everyone who has followed Yuri into space. This …

Two of the greatest experiments started when I was very young. These being the launch of four probes. The two pioneers and the two voyagers. …

Almost 35 years ago, the late Carl Sagan stared in a ground breaking TV series called Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. This series was, until PBS …

Asteroids & monkeys? What is the connection I hear you say. Well, the simple answer is this: I was listening to an old podcast of …

Posted March 13, 2014by Over Lord

A post from earlier this week, talked about god and suitcases. Now I have to talk about one of the greatest, and least well know, …