Happy Birthday Buzz Aldrin 88 Today! It is nearly 49 years since he set foot on the Moon on the iconic Apollo 11 mission. He now has his sights set even farther away, lobbying for a manned mission to Mars within the next 20 years. We love you Buzz! …and it was very nice […]
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Captain Bruce McCandless
Another Bright Star Extinguished. It is with such great sadness that we heard of the passing of Captain Bruce McCandless. It was but a few weeks since he had graced us with his presence, a treasured memory we will all cherish forever. Your contributions to the space program will not be forgotten. A true gentleman […]
Patch Update!
“A second limited batch of Space Lectures embroidered patches has been ordered and will be available to purchase at the Rick Mastracchio event in March 2018. Such has been the support of so many regulars at these twice yearly events we thought it appropriate that they should have “first refusal”. Only after the Mastracchio event […]
Announcing the Space Lectures ‘patch’
Space Lectures entrusted the creation of a patch to be designed by renowned artist Tim Gagnon, who is behind many of the Mission patches for NASA’s space shuttle program. His very first commission was as the mission patch artist for the Expedition 11 flight to the International Space Station — since then he has collaborated […]
Alexei Leonov event cancelled
It is with a heavy heart that we have to inform everybody that the Alexei Leonov event in June has been postponed. Alexei has been hospitalized for more than a week and this morning Ken received the following statement from his agent. “Sorry to say this but we decided to cancel this trip in June. […]
Infinite Worlds
As we draw ever closer to the Scott Altman event in March, Space Lectures would like to thank all our sponsors for their continued support. A newcomer to the ranks is award winning photographer Michael Soluri. Author of the stunning coffee table book “Infinite Worlds” Michael has very kindly donated two beautiful, bespoke custom prints […]
Our Night With Mark Craig, Director ‘The Last Man On The Moon’
On a chilly evening in early January, the Space Lectures team were treated to a private event with Mark Craig: Director of Gene Cernan’s superb autobiographical move “The Last Man on the Moon”. In recent years Space Lectures has formed a close relationship with Mark Stewart Productions and Mark Craig in particular. It was inevitable […]
Scott Kelly gives tribute to Tim Peake
It was over dinner on Thursday night with team ‘Space Lectures’ Scott Kelly made an endearing tribute to his fellow astronaut Tim Peake, with whom he was stationed on the International Space Station during his historic 340-day mission. “Tim Peake ranks in my top two astronauts the other being Tim Kopra” He spoke of how […]
Poems: A Tribute To Apollo
The first of the following two poems by Robin Spina was inspired by Mike Collins “I imagined him walking past his Apollo 11 command module on display in the museum, conscious of the fact that he was once inside it, a quarter of a million miles away, alone with no radio contact behind the moon“ […]
Carol Vorderman
Calling all Yorkshire folk… one not to miss… the space twins… x https://t.co/rVq0MU9Lih — Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) July 14, 2016 A nice shout out from the lovely Carol Vorderman for us. Carol is on the board which promotes space science education in partnership with NASA. She works alongside astronauts including our October guest Capt Mark Kelly and spaceflight companies […]