June 2018
Striding through space
... was launched on mission STS-41B on 3 February 1984 under the command of Vance Brand, veteran of the Apollo-Soyuz mission and STS-5. The remainder of the crew were all making their first spaceflights – Robert ‘Hoot...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
.... Space transportation provides access to space and crew delivery capabilities to the ISS. Vehicles include the Russian Soyuz capsules for crew and cargo, and the US Dragon and Cygnus capsules from SpaceX and Northrop...
May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
... created his first artwork in space – coloured pencil drawings of an orbital sunrise and pencil sketches of his Apollo-Soyuz crewmates; and throughout his life he has carried on painting and sharing beautiful impressions of his spaceflights with...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... and ascent, and the lack of a docking tunnel (the cosmonaut had to spacewalk between LK3 and the Soyuz-type spacecraft in lunar orbit). Baikonur, September 1968 - US Gambit KH-8 spy satellite photo of the first N-1 rocket on the...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
... s Science Museum s Space Descent VR exhibit uses state-of-the-art VR technology to allow visitors a 360° look inside a Soyuz capsule and retrace British astronaut Tim Peake’s journey back to Earth from the ISS, with narration...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... bring the price of a seat to LEO down below $1m (an enormous drop from the current $75m for a seat on Soyuz), the price is only half the equation if you want to grow your market beyond joy-rides. The...
