Coast Tonight, Wednesday, at 19:00 on BBC 2 'Coast' 'Isle of Wight's forgotten space rocket testing site' It was on last Thursday evening and I missed half of...
Chaps, If you are a fan of the Soviet space programme (...and who is not...), then please go to, http://spacemodels.nuxit.net/soyuz45/index.htm#FINISHED It...
NASA Fact sheets and Mission reports. Photocopies of original documents available for purchase. E.g. Apollo 7 - 17 mission reports and Skylab. Other subjects...
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Chaps, Just heard on Radio Sweden (20:00, 07 November, 2006) that the next launch of NASA's Discovery (which has Sweden's first astronaut) may be delayed if...
... next ... may be ... 1970's ... to ... that ... I just read an article from New Scientist (follow the news link on the MSS home page) that the mission may...
Hello All, Two 'quickies'. Are there any developments with the embroidered patches? And has Capcom been sent out yet please? Thanks, Chris....
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Nov 8, 2006 2:42 pm
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No news to report on the patches yet, I'm afraid, but I have it in hand. CapCom is off to the printers now and should be in the post in a week or so. Dave MSS...
Hi Folks, You may be interested in this? Friday December 1st, National Space Centre (Leicester) 3pm. "Ask an Astronaut" Visit from the crew of STS-121. 100...
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... at Saturn's south pole, new images from Nasa's Cassini space probe reveal. Measuring 5,000 miles (8,000km) across, the storm is the first hurricane ever...
... Airfix for £2.6m ($5m). Hornby will take control of the Airfix model kit company from administrators at Airfix's parent firm Humbrol. Humbrol went into...
... awarded a £100,000 grant to design equipment to be placed on a Martian lander. The instrument will examine the surface environment to understand the...
Gentlemen, You must go to the website, http://modelstories.free.fr/analyses/avions/MS2005_9P/SCRH_obusmer/index .html Wot do you all think??? Regards Martin...
The latest edition of CapCom is now available so subscribers should see it in their mail this week. For more details and to subscribe or renew your subs please...
There are some good shows on BBC Radio 4 coming up: Wednesday 22 November @ 9pm, "Frontiers" on the Mars Rovers Thursday 23 November and the next 2 weeks after...
Hello Gentlefolk, For your info, just a word about the Shuttle crew visit to the NSC next Friday (Dec. 1st). I am told that due to a heavy schedule they will...
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Nov 23, 2006 8:12 pm
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Hello Gentlefolk, I went to see the crew of STS-112 at the National Museum of Film and Photography at Bradford and even though I pleaded with a manageress we ...
Hello Fellow 'Astronuts', Just a muse really. Could we, or would there perhaps be any benefits gained from a 'tie-in' with the National Space Centre in...
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Nov 27, 2006 6:51 pm
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Gentlemen, I have felt the need to send the following e-mail to the National Space Centre today. I do not enjoy having to be critical, but yesterday's event...
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Dec 2, 2006 10:57 am
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Well done Chris, excellent message to the NSC, I have been to see Bernard Harris and Buzz Aldrin, both time's it was a bun-fight. Take Bernard Harris, I felt...
Hello Martin, Thanks for your support. I was also lucky enough to attend the Charlie Duke and Al Bean events, as you say they were impeccably organised. If you...
Well said, Chris and Martin, I too would hope for closer links, but hopefully better organised than that. Weekend visits would be best, as not all have...
People and esp. Dave E, Watch BBC news tonight at 18:00? Hear Natasha 'Kawasaki' say "...only draw back it seems is its more than 20,000 miles away" This is...
People, Hope you like the badges, sorry they are not for sale!!! If you can add any more info, let me know and I'll post it - with credits of course! Regards...
SKY News have just ran a story about NASA saying there is flowing water on Mars. NASA held a new confrence and SKY covered it at 18:00. It was the lead story,...
Gentlefolk, I have now received this reply from the NSC (Leicester) 7 December 2006 Dear Mr Lee Thank you for your recent email regarding your visit and your...
The Conspiracy Files series returns in the New Year to examine the conspiracies surrounding the 9/11 attacks, the Oklahoma bomb, and the death of Dr David...