What’s up? (In space!) Summer 2021
Welcome to the summer installment of What’s up? (In space!), a seasonal look at upcoming events in the world of space developments, projects, and people. Space stories have been mainstream news recently with Ingenuity’s first flights, and the first photos from China’s Zhurong rover, not to mention the exciting announcement of a CSA/NASA partnership to […]
What’s up? (In space!) Spring 2021
Welcome to the spring installment of What’s Up? (In space!), a seasonal look at what’s ahead in the world of space developments, projects, and people. It’s been an exciting start to the year with so much Mars-related activity including, of course, the incredibly impressive Perseverance landing. So what else is in store for the next […]
What’s up? (In space!) Winter 2020
Welcome to the third installment of What’s Up? (In space!), a seasonal look at what’s ahead in the world of space developments, projects, and people. Deck the hullsAs we approach a holiday season that will be quite unlike any other we’ve experienced, let’s spare a thought for the team on the ISS as they celebrate […]
Sci-fi Imagineering (August 2020)
This is the second in my new “imagineering” series. This time around, I thought I’d feature an image by the late Peter Elson, a British sci-fi illustrator. I first came across his name as the artist who created several covers for some of my favorite books by Harry Harrison, including the Stainless Steel Rat and […]