Category Archives: Science

Fly me to the Moon

Posted on 13 April 2026 by pws

Being born in the middle 1950s, we don’t really remember Sputnik, or the dog Laika, but we do remember well Telstar, Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard. We followed the space programme, espcially the American one as the USSR kept its … Continue reading →

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Jim Lovell

Posted on 8 August 2025 by pws

The death was announced today of American astronaut Jim Lovell. For those of us alive in the 1960s who were even vaguely interested in space exploration, there were two types of astronaut: famous and a part of history, eg John … Continue reading →

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Space Patrol

Posted on 4 December 2024 by pws

One of our favourite tv series from the very early 1960s was Space Patrol. This is the UK puppet (actually marionette) series about Captain Larry Dart and his crew who fly round the galaxy (actually, just the solar system) trying … Continue reading →

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