GoSpaceWatch online lecture on Wednesday 23rd June at 7:30 pm. Open to all. The lecture is to be given by West Midlands spaceflight Author Ben Evans. Title “An Experimental Flying Machine”. The talk discusses the colourful history of the NASA Space Shuttle during its thirty years of service. Whilst the Space Shuttle attained the most […]

Virgin Orbit, by Stephen Eisele, Vice President, Virgin Orbit. (California, USA).   Virgin Orbit is excited about the tremendous potential of small satellites to provide global connectivity, remote sensing, security, and other new, visionary capabilities that benefit our planet. Small satellites are doing more on shorter timelines, and at lower cost. We developed LauncherOne to complement […]

University of Bath: 19th – 23rd July 2021 The Royal Astronomical Society is proud to present the National Astronomy Meeting, NAM2021, to be hosted by the University of Bath from Monday 19th July to Friday 23rd July, 2021. Further details are available at NAM2021.org

Simon Holbeche of Bath Astronomers has sent the following notice. On Saturday 19th June 2021 at 7:30pm, an online Zoom talk by Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke has been organised by Wells and Mendip Astronomers supported by Bath Astronomers. The talk is entitled “William Herschel – Discoverer of the Deep Sky – The epochal work of the […]

Exploring Astronomy through Philately Join Katrin Raynor – Evans FRAS on 10th April at 7 pm for an enlightening talk on stamps from around the World and how they have celebrated milestones in astronomy and spaceflight. Zoom meeting hosted by Newtown Astronomy Society, which is free to NAS members and £2 for guests. Please contact […]