Countdown to Launch – How Spaceport Cornwall and Virgin Orbit will deliver the UK’s historic first sovereign launch in 2022 by Ross Hulbert of Spaceport Cornwall 24th November 2021 at 7:30pm UK Synopsis: In 2016 the UK government started a process to identify suitable sites in the UK to become a spaceport. At that time […]

Paul Money presents Wonders of the Solar System 1st December 2021 at 7:30pm UK Take a tour of the major and minor bodies of our solar system and our nearest star, the Sun. The Speaker: Paul is an English Amateur Astronomer who has had a love for the night sky since he was ‘knee high […]

The next meeting takes place on the 24th November at 7:30pm in Othery Village Hall, once again the meeting will also be available on Zoom for those who are unable or reluctant to join us. We do however encourage our members and the general public to come in person to our meeting if they can […]

Voyager: From Planetary Spacecraft to Interstellar Probe by Lou Mayo, Marymount University, Virginia. USA Wednesday 17th November 2021 at 7:30 pm GMT Get to know the Voyager Missions from someone who worked on the project. Abstract: In July and August of 1977, two spacecraft were launched on an historic journey to the outer solar system […]

Register free on Eventbrite. The Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture 2021 has been awarded to Dr Jenny Carter, University of Leicester, and you are invited to the online, free to attend event this coming month. It is entitled “Earth versus Sun: a precarious relationship in space” and is being held on Zoom at 7pm on Thursday […]

A Free meeting on the 27th October 2021 at 7:30pm OTHERY VILLAGE HALL TA7 0QU or ZOOM A Planetary Nebula Marathon by Martin Giffiths

Spaceport America. Get to know the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport Synopsis: Alice Carruth is the public relations coordinator at Spaceport America (https://www.spaceportamerica.com). the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world. The FAA-licensed launch complex, situated on 18,000 acres adjacent to the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, has a rocket […]

25th to 31st October 2021 The Box Office is open for the first Marlborough Dark Skies Fest – a fun festival of events running from the 25 October and culminating in a jam-packed programme on the weekend of the 30/31 October of science and art activities celebrating the night sky. With over 40 events taking […]