How Sputnik Changed The World
- 3rd Oct 2017
- Author: Elspeth Lewis
It's 60 years since Sputnik 1 became the first satellite to orbit the Earth, kick-starting the era of space exploration
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NASA How Do We Know The Moon Landing Really Happened?
- 15th Jun 2017
- Author: Scott Davis
We dig into and address some of the common arguments behind the Moon landing conspiracy theories.
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National Space Centre Blue Streak – Success, Failure and … Extraterrestrials?
- 24th May 2017
- Author: Hannah Baker
The story behind one of our most iconic artefacts and its connection to the infamous ‘Solway Spaceman’.
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National Space Centre Helen Sharman – Britain’s First Astronaut
- 17th May 2017
- Author: Tamela Maciel
How a young food chemist from Sheffield became the first Briton in space.
