Space Travel

Neil Armstrong. The moon, sex and Mr Gorsky

By Paul Ash | 27 August 2012
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The Apollo 11 patch, and a shot of the Saturn V rocket blasting off the launch pad. PHOTO: NASA/Wikimedia Commons

There is a story about Neil Armstrong that will endure forever. It goes like this: when he was climbing back into the lunar lander after his first historic walk on the moon’s surface, Armstrong is said to have muttered under his breath, “Good luck, Mr Gorsky”. Read More…

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And she’s gone: Space Shuttle Endeavour blasts off on final mission

By Paul Ash | 16 May 2011
Endeavour lifts off for the last time PICTURE: Reuters

Endeavour lifts off for the last time PICTURE: Reuters

Nearly half a million people rocked-up to wave goodbye to space shuttle Endeavour as she blasted off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on her last mission. Read More…

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Yuri Gagarin. First human in Space

By Paul Ash | 12 April 2011

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Fifty years ago today, the Russians sent the first human into earth orbit. Read More…

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73 seconds to disaster. Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger

By Paul Ash | 28 January 2011

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It’s 25 years today since the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up just 73 seconds after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 28, 1986. Read More…

Down to Earth: Last days of the Space Shuttle

By Paul Ash | 18 June 2010

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Two more launches and the Space Shuttle programme with its clunky space gliders is finished. Read More…

“Houston, we’ve had a problem here!” Remembering Apollo 13

By Paul Ash | 14 April 2010

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Forty years ago today, while en-route to the Moon and 321 860km from the safety of Earth, the Apollo 13 Command Module blew a hole in its external oxygen tanks and began venting precious O2 into the sucking maw of space. Read More…

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Joy to see the World: Christmas in Space

By Paul Ash | 24 December 2009

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The astronauts of Apollo 8 may hold the record for celebrating the most remote Christmas ever as their capsule orbited the moon on December 24, 1968. Read More…