As the old joke goes: there are three types of people in this world…those that can count and those that can’t. One who certainly can is the African-American mathematician and human “computer” Katherine Colemon Goble Johnson who became...
Paul Spudis, lunar and planetary geologist, has passed away after suffering lung cancer. He was in his mid-sixties. Having graduated in planetary geology and gained a PhD, Spudis initially worked for the US Geological survey before moving onto NASA’s planetary...
SpaceX supreme leader, Elon Musk, is in trouble again – and again Twitter appears to be his downfall. Musk is alleged to have broken corporate law in using Twitter to publicly offer to buy back all the shares of his Tesla electric car concern in order to make it...
July saw more than its fair share of space announcements, including official acceptance of a “vertical” spaceport in Sutherland, North Scotland, and a “horizonal” one getting the nod from Virgin Galactic/Virgin Orbit at Newquay, Cornwall, England. But Cornwall has...
As the Royal Air Force celebrates its 100th year in operation this week, as it looks to its past in the air and looks forward to its future in space, two of past its heroes from the RAF’s most celebrated achievement, the Battle of Britain, have passed away. Wing...
Ahead of the Farnborough International Air Show, the UK Space Agency (UKSA)finally decided on its choice of launch site for vertical launching using conventional rockets. It is on the A’Mhoin peninsular, Sutherland, on the north coast of Scotland. Lockheed Martin...
