We are sad to note that veteran comedy actor and narrator Bernard Cribbins OBE has died at the age of 93. After a small part as a sonar operating sailor in HMS Amethyst (1957), his initial fame came in co-starring with Peter Sellars in the classic comedy films Two...
We are sad to report that the former Apollo 11 command module pilot and astronaut – and very much an unsung hero of the mission – Mike Collins has died of cancer at the age of 90. It was Collins’ role to orbit the Moon on his own in return Command...
With just two months to go before he would have celebrated his 100th birthday, His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died in peace at Windsor Castle after suffering a recent deterioration in his health. Prince Philip is most famous for being Her...
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) engineer and the man who refused to be cowed by his management or NASA, Allan McDonald, has died at the age of 83. McDonald was the morally courageous engineer who refused to sign off on the SRBs as safe before the Space...
The veteran actor Hal Holbrook has died at the age of 95. Holbrook played the good guy informer “Deep Throat” in All the President’s Men (1976) but is better remembered for his more devious roles such as playing a NASA villain in space conspiracy...
We are sad to report the death of the accomplished spaceflight watcher and satellite tracker, Phillip S. Clark, at the age of 70. Phil Clark was a noted expert on the Soviet/Russian and Chinese space programmes and was a regular participant at the British...
