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Title: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 09/01/2008 04:11 pm
The new issue of Spaceflight magazine has an interesting article by Asif Siddiqi titled "Lifting the Veil":

http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/sitesia.aspx/page/183/id/1836/l/en-us

The article is about how many Soviet space and rocketry leaders were known in the West during the 1950s and 1960s.  As Siddiqi notes, although many publications referred to Korolev as "the Chief Designer" and said that his name was unknown, there were a number of western publications during the 1960s that accurately reported his name and involvement in leading the Soviet space effort.  Some other key officials like Glushko and Yangle are also discussed.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 01/11/2011 07:07 pm
I write a lot for Spaceflight, the British Interplanetary Society's monthly magazine.  I didn't know that they had a dedicated website for the latest issue:

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html

That is much more slick than the standard BIS site.  Here is the main link:

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/

I don't have anything in the February issue, however.

Spaceflight is the best English-language magazine devoted to space issues.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 01/13/2011 07:30 pm
I do some work for Spaceflight Magazine also (not as much as I used to do..) But my photos do get published :)

ps

Not only humans read Spaceflight, robots do to...
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 02/04/2011 03:03 pm
The latest issue of Spaceflight magazine is on sale from 10 February 2011 and contains a wealth of exciting features and news reports....


http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html



Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: rdale on 02/04/2011 03:22 pm
Has anyone seen this in American bookstores? Seems a tad bit expensive to subscribe on this side of the pond.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Jim on 02/04/2011 03:23 pm
Has anyone seen this in American bookstores? Seems a tad bit expensive to subscribe on this side of the pond.

Barnes and Noble
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/04/2011 06:00 pm
You can find it in a big Barnes and Noble, surprisingly.  I've even seen it in the B&N on Maui...

I've got a short article in this issue.  It's about the ALHAT landing system test.


Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: rdale on 02/04/2011 06:29 pm
Thanks - just got my Groupon deal of a $20 BN giftcard for $10, I'll drop by my BN once that clears through and see. And this revived my interest enough to pop on a Quest subscription while I was in the mood!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/04/2011 07:34 pm
Eh... Quest has been hit or miss.  The print quality is consistently, well, crappy.  No color photos, and frequently lousy photo reproduction.  They have run some pretty good articles in the recent past, however, after a long slump.

You'll hear a lot of opinions about Spaceflight.  I give them credit for good photo selection and quality.  Layout is boring compared to mass market magazines.  As for the articles, it depends what you like.  I've heard a number of complaints about them running travelogues of ISS missions.  But they've had some interesting stuff in the recent past.  For instance, last year they had an article where somebody tracked down all the remaining Saturn F-1 engines.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: max isp on 02/04/2011 08:08 pm
Glad you liked my articles on the whereabouts of the F-1 engines!

Coming up next an article about where all the Saturn rockets disappeared to in the 1970s before they went on show....
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: edkyle99 on 02/04/2011 09:08 pm
Glad you liked my articles on the whereabouts of the F-1 engines!

Coming up next an article about where all the Saturn rockets disappeared to in the 1970s before they went on show....

Did you track this one?  :)
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/sa214.html
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/sa214.jpg

 - Ed Kyle
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: max isp on 02/04/2011 10:27 pm
Yes I have some nice colour photos of it in my Saturn I/IB book.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: JosephB on 02/05/2011 05:54 am
Our B&N didn’t have it. The gal at the desk went on about demographic this and that.
Apparently we don’t rate.
Plenty of WWE rags to pick from though. It’d be a shame not to get the latest on CM Punk.

Thank God for our local library.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Bubbinski on 02/05/2011 06:04 am
Is this magazine going to be published in an iPad or Kindle format?  If so I'd certainly go for it.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: rdale on 02/05/2011 01:13 pm
I can't believe it comes even close to the market needed to do in iPad format.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/05/2011 02:34 pm
Our B&N didn’t have it. The gal at the desk went on about demographic this and that.
Apparently we don’t rate.
Plenty of WWE rags to pick from though. It’d be a shame not to get the latest on CM Punk.

Thank God for our local library.


I hate to say this, but she's wrong and right.  My B&N usually gets 2-3 copies per month, and at the end of the month they remain unsold.  I think it's amazing that they continue to carry them at all since they're clearly not selling them.  But apparently that is the case for a lot of niche magazines.  So your store probably has the wrong demographic, but so does my store--which is in one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, with a high-tech population and a decent-sized NASA center.  Interest in spaceflight is a tiny niche.

A few months back I read an interesting blog post by a guy who used to work in a bookstore.  He mentioned how he once convinced the manager to stock specialty magazines near the books on that subject (he specifically referred to a magazine about fire fighting equipment called Fire Apparatus Journal).  Surprisingly, they sold out when previously the magazines never sold.  He thought it was proof that people who were looking for a specific subject usually went to that section of the bookstore and discovered the magazine, but never would have looked in the magazine section.  But soon the manager switched back, because corporate headquarters told him to.  "Magazines belong in the magazine section, books belong in the book racks," he was told.  "Individuality will not be tolerated, even if it increases sales."  He went back to throwing out the unsold magazines at the end of the month.

Alas, this prompted similar stories from other people who had worked in bookstores telling about dumb orders that came down from corporate headquarters, such as an order that all book shelves had to be the same distance apart, despite the fact that a particular store had columns that prevented this--so they moved the shelves to comply with corporate policy, AND they lost shelf space!

Not too surprising, though.  In any dying industry--and bookstores are certainly a dying industry (sniffle)--you will always find examples where the company pursued dumb policies that hurt their business rather than innovating in order to increase sales.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Paul Adams on 02/05/2011 02:37 pm
Try here in Las Vegas, we have plenty of books with hand drawn pictures (you know the ones I mean) but pretty light on anything else!

Our B&N didn’t have it. The gal at the desk went on about demographic this and that.
Apparently we don’t rate.
Plenty of WWE rags to pick from though. It’d be a shame not to get the latest on CM Punk.

Thank God for our local library.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: JosephB on 02/05/2011 11:40 pm
Now doesn’t that just make too much sense, group & sell reading material by topic whether it’s a book or magazine. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would sell more mags. Just speaking for myself, when browsing at B&N I almost always pass on the mag rack as the bulk of it is glossy butt wipe.

There used to be a local chain book store in another city that sold Spaceflight years ago. They sold newspapers, magazines, traded old comics & baseball cards & rounded the store off with a “squeaky door saloon” way in the back. Not sure if they still carry Spaceflight but it’s a long drive just for that (100 mi). Maybe I’ll hit our library up with a “request to buy” form. Next time I’m there I should see if they carry Novosti (for cool pics only) or Space News just for grins.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: rdale on 02/05/2011 11:46 pm
No mag at B&N's here...
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/06/2011 01:37 pm
1-Now doesn’t that just make too much sense, group & sell reading material by topic whether it’s a book or magazine. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would sell more mags.

2Not sure if they still carry Spaceflight but it’s a long drive just for that (100 mi). Maybe I’ll hit our library up with a “request to buy” form. Next time I’m there I should see if they carry Novosti (for cool pics only) or Space News just for grins.

1-Yeah, once you think about it, it makes a lot of sense, right?  Sure, you put the more general interest magazines in the magazine section, but the specialty stuff would be better placed with the books. And if you wanted to be super-logical, you'd base it upon inventory: figure out which specialty magazines are not selling on the magazine racks and then move those to the specialty book sections and see if they sell there.

A few months back I read an article about small businesses in India and how backward they are.  It noted that they often did not implement even the most basic good business practices (for instance, a fabric factory that did not inventory their supplies but threw the yarn into a big room in the back, making it tedious to find what was needed).   So much of that seemed like simple common sense.  But American companies, while in general more sophisticated, can still do really dumb things.  You'd think that their approach would be to figure out what is not selling and find a way to sell it.  But... nope.

2-I'd love to find a newsstand that stocked NK.  Although I don't read Russian, it's still an impressive magazine to look at.  Space News was briefly sold on newsstands in the late 1990s, I think.  The more popular (former sister newspaper) Defense News was also sold on newsstands.  I still say that Space News is the best source of information on that subject if you are in the business.  Yes, you can find a lot of it on the internet for free, but only after significant searching.  SN brings it all together and provides consistent quality.  If you work in the space business in just about any capacity, particularly if your work involves government space programs, then Space News is the best way to spend your money.  If you're more of an enthusiast, you're probably better off with the net and 1-2 other publications.

Speaking of that... (since I'm in a rambling mood right now), I just got the newest edition of Ad Astra.  Although I'm not nuts about AA, they do have a tendency to run great photos in high-gloss.  There's still something nice about being able to open a magazine and look at a high resolution photo compared to seeing it on a screen.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: JJ.. on 02/06/2011 01:51 pm
I used to order my copies through the local news paper shop,did so for many years till I joined the BIS,
However after reading the magazine for several years (still got all the copies) sadly had to end the membership and therefore the magazine as money had become too tight,

I do miss the Satellite data for each month (Phillip Clarke) and loved the Soyuz rocket variant history that lasted for several months,

(At the time I was getting 3 other Astronomy magazines as well)

JJ..

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/06/2011 08:26 pm
I do miss the Satellite data for each month (Phillip Clarke) and loved the Soyuz rocket variant history that lasted for several months,

I think that Clark's stuff is now in Space News.

I know the Soyuz history articles that you refer to.  That was a great series.  There were something like a dozen of them on all the different payloads proposed for those rockets. 
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 03/02/2011 02:51 pm
April 2011 issue (on sale from 5 March 2011)

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Suzy on 03/02/2011 06:26 pm
I still see it in newsagents in Melbourne, but quit buying it years ago - it's nearly AU$20 now! :( I wish NK were available in English, but I suppose it's not feasible for them.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 04/06/2011 08:32 pm
May 2011 issue (on sale from 9 April 2011)

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 04/07/2011 09:42 am
I took Spaceflight for about 20 years but gave up about 18 months or so ago following a massive hike in the cover price. I understand the reasons behind the BIS' decision: it was actually much cheaper to buy 12 copies of Spaceflight on the news-stand each year than receive it via a BIS subscription (assuming that you didn't take advantage of any of the other benefits membership brought); and, if I recall, the BIS was hit by a huge and unforeseen tax bill after they hosted some astronautical conference.
I must admit that I haven't even seen Spaceflight in WHSmith (one of the UK's leading newsagents) for many months. Mind you, the staff never seemed to know where to put it. One month it would be in the transport section alongside the aviation magazines, and the next month it'd be on the other side of the shop with the astronomy journals!
It's a decent magazine though. My only criticism is that on occasion some of the articles are too long. I remember one that ran to 10-12 pages and took up about 25% of the magazine! The Editor would probably have been better splitting that piece across two issues.
But over the years it has contained some great articles from people like Blackstar and Michael Cassutt. I've still got August 1988's issue that included a detailed piece by the latter on the history of the DoD's Manned Spaceflight Engineers program, which came complete with many photos of individual MSEs.

Edit: Just seen that there's a BIS-specific thread:

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=24459.0
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 05/04/2011 07:47 pm
June 2011 issue (on sale from 8 May 2011)

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: layton on 05/17/2011 11:51 pm
If I could buy a reasonably-priced PDF subscription version of this, I would.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 05/18/2011 02:24 am
I missed this a little earlier, so I'll comment on it now.

1-I must admit that I haven't even seen Spaceflight in WHSmith (one of the UK's leading newsagents) for many months. Mind you, the staff never seemed to know where to put it. One month it would be in the transport section alongside the aviation magazines, and the next month it'd be on the other side of the shop with the astronomy journals!

2-My only criticism is that on occasion some of the articles are too long. I remember one that ran to 10-12 pages and took up about 25% of the magazine! The Editor would probably have been better splitting that piece across two issues.

1-This is a problem that a lot of book stores and newsstands have.  If they have multiple titles that are similar that makes it easy.  But what to do about the unique stuff?  I read an interesting article a couple of years ago written by a guy who used to work in a book store and noticed that a certain magazine (a fire apparatus journal--i.e. fire trucks) was not selling.  He got permission to put it in with the books about dangerous jobs and it started selling.  He theorized that people were unaware of its existence and therefore didn't look for it in the magazines section, but they grabbed it up when it appeared in the books that they were looking at.  Spaceflight should be sold with the space books.

2-I agree with your specific complaint (don't know which issue or article you are referring to).  But I'd also point out that this is one area where magazines are still superior to the internet.  You can still get long-form articles in newspapers and magazines.  The kind of articles that go into a subject in great depth.  The internet just doesn't do that stuff.  I like Spaceflight because every so often they do a big article with lots of photos and you're not going to find that kind of thing on the internet, or at least not at the same quality.

I haven't seen the latest issue.  I'm not sure if Barnes & Noble is still carrying Spaceflight.  I have a bunch of articles submitted to them for future issues, including something on the Discovery program, an article on Edwards AFB's test stands (see the other thread in the NSF history section), something on Luna-Glob, and something else that I have forgotten.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: pargoo on 05/18/2011 05:11 am
     I canceled my subscription 10 or more years ago when a sudden drop in picture quality/variety made it not worth the money.  Since then I have seen nothing really interesting or new in the few issues I've browsed through at my local newsagent.  I want to see historic Russian stuff particularly, but despite the collapse of the USSR nothing's changed on that front, sadly.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 05/18/2011 12:47 pm
     I canceled my subscription 10 or more years ago when a sudden drop in picture quality/variety made it not worth the money.  Since then I have seen nothing really interesting or new in the few issues I've browsed through at my local newsagent.  I want to see historic Russian stuff particularly, but despite the collapse of the USSR nothing's changed on that front, sadly.

The image quality did drop around that time.  Around 2005 or so it got better and I think it's been pretty good since then.

There was also a lot of Russian stuff in the latter 1990s, and has not been since.  The reason is that the people who produced that have gone on to other things.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 05/18/2011 05:52 pm
I missed this a little earlier, so I'll comment on it now.

2-My only criticism is that on occasion some of the articles are too long. I remember one that ran to 10-12 pages and took up about 25% of the magazine! The Editor would probably have been better splitting that piece across two issues.

2-I agree with your specific complaint (don't know which issue or article you are referring to).  But I'd also point out that this is one area where magazines are still superior to the internet.  You can still get long-form articles in newspapers and magazines.  The kind of articles that go into a subject in great depth.  The internet just doesn't do that stuff.  I like Spaceflight because every so often they do a big article with lots of photos and you're not going to find that kind of thing on the internet, or at least not at the same quality.


I have a feeling that the 10-12 page article might have been about the Indian Space Program. But, it was a good 2-3 years ago, and I could well be wrong.
The point you make about Spaceflight providing in depth features on topics not found elsewhere is, though, a good one. I buy a number of magazines and it’s interesting (actually ‘depressing’ would be a better word) to see how many of them have “dumbed-down” in recent years. There seem to be far more photographs (which is not necessarily a bad thing) while articles and features tend to be much shorter (some no more than a page). So despite the various criticisms levelled at Spaceflight magazine, at least dumbing-down is not one of them.

As I said in my earlier posting, I haven’t seen Spaceflight for a while but I’d be interested to know whether there has been any reduction in the number of pages. The UK economy is emerging from its deepest recession for years, and I’ve noticed that rather than hiking cover prices, many publishers are subtly slimming their magazines down!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 05/18/2011 08:49 pm
I have not noticed a reduction in the number of pages in Spaceflight.

As I mentioned earlier, photo (reproduction) quality was very poor for awhile, and has improved considerably.

You are right about how magazines in general have gone to shorter articles.  They are doing various things to try and maintain a readership that is used to the internet.  There is also good reason to believe that peoples' brains are being rewritten.  We are getting trained to be scatterbrained, rather than focus on single topics for long periods of time.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: brueyh1976 on 05/21/2011 12:28 am
They used to get it on subscription where I used to work. I was the only one who read it. I did consider subscribing but couldn't afford it at the time. I did find it very interesting and will give the subscription it's due consideration :)
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Nittany Lion on 05/21/2011 01:13 am
We are getting trained to be scatterbrained, rather than focus on single topics for long periods of time.



I am in the process of creating several college courses for Internet delivery. A requirement is that all videos, narrated PowerPoints, example exercises, and sample solutions must be no longer than five minutes, as that is the maximum attention span of college-age people.

So, in twenty years, when you visit your doctor, your lawyer, your financial adviser, or your clergy-person, you’ll need to be able to conduct your business in five minutes or less.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 06/03/2011 03:17 pm
July 2011 issue (on sale from 8 June 2011)

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 07/13/2011 03:24 pm
August 2011 issue (on sale from 10 July 2011)

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 07/13/2011 05:58 pm
It's a nicely-done magazine, filled with lots of interesting info. If you don't subscribe, you should.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: astronut7 on 07/17/2011 12:37 pm
I am still waiting for my June 2011 and August 2011 issues to arrive in the mail. 
I, too, do agree that Spaceflight by the BIS is a very good magazine.  I enjoy reading the articles.
Thank you.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 08/05/2011 10:22 pm
Sept 2011 issue (on sale from 10 August 2011)

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/05/2011 10:26 pm
Thanks for the post. I don't have anything in the September issue, but will probably have at least one article in the October issue. It's on the Edwards AFB rocket test stands and was discussed in another thread here a few months ago.

This article, in the new issue, caught my eye:

New space movies
Spaceflight’s Tony Quine and Chinese film maker Xu Weilong go behind the scenes for an inside look at two new space movie dramas filmed in China and Russia released this summer. Both films attempt to bring a new degree of realism to the subject by combining attention to detail with the latest movie technology


Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/05/2011 10:27 pm
And she is easy on the eyes too.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LindemHerz on 08/06/2011 02:54 am
The name is Li Niu, if you wanna look her up. The movie is called "Feitian" (Flying), though its official English name is "Shenzhou 11."
Trailer here:
v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjgxMjQ0MTk2.html
and a video for the theme song with more scenes from the movie here: v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjc5NzY3NzQ4.html

Now, does anybody know if there is anywhere I can buy some of the back issues of Spaceflight without having to import them from the UK to California? Not that I would mind, but I was hoping to get them somewhat faster. Amazon.com apparently doesn't even know they exist.

P.S.: Does anybody know how can I post the links without actually embedding the video players to the post? No formatting but erasing the http:// from the addresses prevented the movies from appearing
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Chris Bergin on 08/06/2011 03:23 am
Thanks for the post. I don't have anything in the September issue, but will probably have at least one article in the October issue. It's on the Edwards AFB rocket test stands and was discussed in another thread here a few months ago.

This article, in the new issue, caught my eye:

New space movies
Spaceflight’s Tony Quine and Chinese film maker Xu Weilong go behind the scenes for an inside look at two new space movie dramas filmed in China and Russia released this summer. Both films attempt to bring a new degree of realism to the subject by combining attention to detail with the latest movie technology




Looking forward to reading Tony's interview.

Here's one of the actresses he interviewed - Marie de Villepin - who stars in the movie 'Baikonur' - wowzers:
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/06/2011 01:01 pm
Now, does anybody know if there is anywhere I can buy some of the back issues of Spaceflight without having to import them from the UK to California? Not that I would mind, but I was hoping to get them somewhat faster. Amazon.com apparently doesn't even know they exist.

Alas, I know of no US distributor.  Back issues also very rarely show up on eBay. I suspect that this is for two reasons: the magazine has a small print run, and a lot of people I know tend to treat Spaceflight as a keeper--they keep their back issues for reference, etc.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: tonyq on 08/07/2011 10:19 pm
The name is Li Niu, if you wanna look her up. The movie is called "Feitian" (Flying), though its official English name is "Shenzhou 11."

Actually, her name is Zhang Xiaofei. Her character is Major Zhou Xiaosu.

The other female taikonaut, Major Xue Yimeng who doesn't appear in the magazine article, is played by Wang Jing.



Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 09/03/2011 03:39 pm
Oct 2011 issue (on sale from 10 Sept 2011)

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 09/03/2011 06:25 pm
"Silenced thunder
Dwayne Day revisits Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert which in the 1950s and 60s was a key test site for rocket engines as well as pilots’ nirvana for the testing of advanced aircraft."

If you dig around on this site you'll see the genesis of this article. I posted a bunch of things about Edwards rocket propulsion lab and then wrote a short article about the facility.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 09/04/2011 08:48 am
Editor of Spaceflight

Clive Simpson, who has acted as Editor for Spaceflight for the past decade, has announced his intention of stepping down from the post at the end of 2011. The Society is therefore looking for a new editor. Anyone interested should in the first interest contact the Executive Secretary for details, and should submit an application with a description of how they see Spaceflight developing by noon on Monday 19 September 2011.

 
Regards

Suszann Parry
Executive Secretary
The British Interplanetary Society
27/29 South Lambeth Road
London SW8 1SZ
Tel: 0207 735 3160
Fax: 0207 587 5118
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 10/23/2011 06:05 pm
Just received the November issue (not listed on the website yet). It has a futuristic starship on the cover and an article about that inside.

http://www.spaceflightmagazine.com/pages/latest-issue.html

I have two articles in the November issue: one on the GAMBIT/HEXAGON declassification, and one on Russia's Luna-Glob proposal. Both are relatively short articles.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: robertross on 11/03/2011 11:15 pm
"Silenced thunder
Dwayne Day revisits Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert which in the 1950s and 60s was a key test site for rocket engines as well as pilots’ nirvana for the testing of advanced aircraft."

If you dig around on this site you'll see the genesis of this article. I posted a bunch of things about Edwards rocket propulsion lab and then wrote a short article about the facility.



Picked up my 'commemorative' issue the other day.

Great job Dwayne.
Nice to see Art's images in there too.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/04/2011 09:51 pm
Picked up my 'commemorative' issue the other day.

Great job Dwayne.
Nice to see Art's images in there too.

Thank you. That is most kind.

As I mentioned, I've got some articles in the November issue, although they're short and not as well-illustrated. I also will possibly have a short article in December as well. I'm working on several other things too. Of course, I'm always working on something.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Bob Shaw on 11/04/2011 10:36 pm
For what it's worth, I have *almost* a complete run of Spaceflight and it's my intention to scan every copy at some point and to offer the results to the BIS. It's nuts that they aren't offering .PDFs of current issues as the norm, never mind the whole matter of Kindle and iPad versions.

If anyone is interested in specific articles please let me know and I'll do my best to organise copies.

Bob Shaw
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: robertross on 11/04/2011 10:50 pm
Picked up my 'commemorative' issue the other day.

Great job Dwayne.
Nice to see Art's images in there too.

Thank you. That is most kind.

As I mentioned, I've got some articles in the November issue, although they're short and not as well-illustrated. I also will possibly have a short article in December as well. I'm working on several other things too. Of course, I'm always working on something.

Issues are a little slow to arrive here  ;)
But I look forward to it!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: dbaker on 11/05/2011 01:22 pm
It's nuts that they aren't offering .PDFs of current issues as the norm, never mind the whole matter of Kindle and iPad versions.
Bob Shaw

Bob, as a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and the incoming editor of Spaceflight, let me echo your sentiments. But also please bear in mind that the BIS is run almost entirely by volunteers who have professional and very busy lives. While applauding your desire to have all issues on pdf, this does take a lot of time and there are presently few free hands at the tiller. Be assured that we are planning a significant and substantial expansion of both BIS e-based info banks and associated materials such as those you mention.

However, if you have the inclination to help us out in the manner you suggest, contact me through the BIS in London - details on the web. I will make sure we respond to you and start a dialogue. I am sure you could be of great help and I welcome your comments as an opportunity to make known the changes we will be introducing throughout 2012.

David (David Baker)
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/05/2011 03:17 pm
For what it's worth, I have *almost* a complete run of Spaceflight and it's my intention to scan every copy at some point and to offer the results to the BIS. It's nuts that they aren't offering .PDFs of current issues as the norm, never mind the whole matter of Kindle and iPad versions.

If you're going to do this (and it would be great), start with the early issues. Electronic forms exist for later stuff.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: rdale on 11/07/2011 07:47 pm
Just a quick note (of surprise!) We took advantage of the "Buy one year, get 3 extra issues" and subscribed on October 24th. I was hoping that maybe overseas would take maybe a month or less to get to the US - it took less than two weeks!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: rdale on 11/19/2011 06:45 pm
Just got a second copy of the Dec 11 issue - if anyone US based would like it for $5 (shipped) let me know...
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: tonyq on 12/14/2011 03:01 pm
The name is Li Niu, if you wanna look her up. The movie is called "Feitian" (Flying), though its official English name is "Shenzhou 11."
Trailer here:
v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjgxMjQ0MTk2.html
and a video for the theme song with more scenes from the movie here: v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjc5NzY3NzQ4.html

Now, does anybody know if there is anywhere I can buy some of the back issues of Spaceflight without having to import them from the UK to California? Not that I would mind, but I was hoping to get them somewhat faster. Amazon.com apparently doesn't even know they exist.

P.S.: Does anybody know how can I post the links without actually embedding the video players to the post? No formatting but erasing the http:// from the addresses prevented the movies from appearing

This whole movie can now be viewed and/or downloaded online here.

tudou.com/programs/view/JaaPjPMe_to/

It has English sub-titles.

The plot pretty much mirrors the real Chinese manned programme, past, present and near future, until the final 20 minutes or so when the need to up the pace means that there are a number of improbable or impossible events!!

Can I add the caveat, that I do not know if viewing may be blocked in some territories, but it works fine in the UK.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 12/14/2011 03:27 pm
The plot pretty much mirrors the real Chinese manned programme, past, present and near future, until the final 20 minutes or so when the need to up the pace means that there are a number of improbable or impossible events!!


Space aliens!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LindemHerz on 12/15/2011 11:41 am
This whole movie can now be viewed and/or downloaded online here.

tudou.com/programs/view/JaaPjPMe_to/

It has English sub-titles.

Thanks a lot!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 12/27/2011 07:02 pm
Is the January issue published yet?

There's no indication on the web, and the last web update was in September.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 01/25/2012 06:30 pm
Is the February issue out? I think I have an article in that one.

http://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/publications

The last time anything was updated on this site was September, and a visitor to the BIS site would get the impression that Spaceflight stopped publishing in September 2011.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: rdale on 01/25/2012 07:05 pm
Yes - I got it last week. That's the issue where the X-37B was "exposed" as stalking the Chinese space station ;)

Looks like you found a dead link - http://www.bis-space.com/products-page/magazines-and-journals/spaceflight-magazine/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: gwiz on 01/26/2012 09:17 am
Thanks for the info. I haven't gotten a copy yet, even though I donated an article to the issue.
Your commercial space article is in there.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 01/30/2012 02:09 pm
Finally got my copies over the weekend.

Both January and February had articles on the Chinese human space program by Philippe Coué. Although I have not read them yet, they are nicely illustrated and this is a topic that I'm glad that Spaceflight is covering.

Gotta read them...
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/24/2012 07:06 pm
Here's the March issue:

http://www.bis-space.com/products-page/magazines-and-journals/spaceflight-magazine/spaceflight-vol-54-no-03-march-2012/

My article on the Intelsat III comsats will appear in the April issue. It will be followed by articles on the Intelsat IV and the Intelsat IVA. The Intelsat III pioneered the use of hydrazine, which was soon used on three different signals intelligence satellites. The Intelsat IV appears to have been a cousin--or brother?--to the JUMPSEAT signals intelligence satellite and the Satellite Data System relay satellite. All of them were apparently direct descendents of the USAF's Tacsat comsat.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 04/12/2012 09:24 pm
Here's the May issue:

http://www.bis-space.com/products-page/magazines-and-journals/spaceflight-magazine/spaceflight-vol-54-no-05-may-2012/

This contains the second of my comsat articles. Part 1 was on Intelsat III, and Part 2 is on Intelsat IV. Part 3 will be on--wait for it--Intelsat IVA! (Bet you're glad you waited for it, huh?)

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 06/22/2012 06:18 pm
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Spaceflight Vol 54 No 07 - July 2012

Contents
Designing Against Disaster
Ex-Apollo engineer and former ESA-ESTEC safety manager Keith M Wright FBIS, MIAA, looks at challenges facing engineers designing the next generation of spacecraft.

SLS progress Report No 1: Milestone Review
Progress is being made with NASA’s super-booster, the Space Launch System as a combined requirements and definition review gives the green light.

The Mighty Atlas Part 5: New Stages for Space
When the Atlas rocket began a military career as the first US ICBM, Air Force aspirations for command of a military space programme gave NASA the tools it needs for a launch system.

Ship Firings off Cape Canaveral Part 2: Poseidon tests
Joel W Powell completes his history of the Observation Island with a description of the brief role it played in testing America’s second-generation SLBM, Poseidon.

Tereshkova’s Secret Sisters Part 2: The Final Quest
Space sleuth Tony Quine brings us up to date with the latest information on the unsuccessful contenders for the job of being the first woman in space.

Enterprise arrives in New York
Ken Kremer was there, with camera at the ready, when the first flight-worthy Shuttle, OV-101 Enterprise, arrived over New York, where it will spend the rest of its life as a museum exhibit.

Regular Features

Britain in Space – Skylon on show – UK collaborates with Japan – Solar satellite for UK.

World News Analysis – Research Council warns of Earth science shortfall.

International News – Advanced US Air Force comsat launched – CarbonSat go-ahead.

In brief – news shorts from around the world

A View from the Hill – political space news hot from Washington DC

Satellite Digest – 474 April 2012

ISS Operations Summary – 15 March to 15 April 2012

Book Reviews – Deep Space Propulsion; Grappling with Gravity; At Home in Space

Letters

Society News – SEDS Conference in Kent - Starship launches on the back of a BIS initiative


Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/04/2012 12:37 pm
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Spaceflight Vol 54 No 08 - August 2012

Contents

Dragon Opens New Space Era
Ken Kremer witnessed the exciting launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 with its Dragon logistics capsule and reviews the mission and its importance as a milestone in space operations.

Last Look from a Live Shuttle
Invited on to the flight deck of the Shuttle Endeavour, Ken Kremer took a last look at the powered displays and recorded the event for Spaceflight.

Curiosity closes on Mars
NASA’s flagship Mars mission to the floor of Gale crater is only weeks away from arriving at Mars. We look at what it takes to put it down safely.

Asteroid BEES
Alison Graham takes time out from research for her PhD to tell us about her groundbreaking work on a method of deflecting Earth-threatening asteroids

The Mighty Atlas Part Six: A Cold Start
While Atlas was lifting payloads to space courtesy of Air Force upper stages, NASA was developing a cryogenic stage to give it interplanetary potential – but not everyone wanted it built.

The Origins of the BIS in Manchester and Liverpool
Gurbir Singh tells the fascinating story of how the BIS was founded in Liverpool, while celebrating the origins of the Manchester Interplanetary Society.

Regular Features

Britain in Space – A new boost for space entrepreneurs – UKube-1 clears milestone – Moon rocks for all!

World News Analysis – The next logical step – Wings for space now a routine – SpaceX to transform the market?

International News – Life after the Space Station

In brief – news shorts from around the world

A View from the Hill – political space news hot from Washington DC

Satellite Digest – 475 May 2012

ISS Operations Summary – 15 May to 15 June 2012

Letters

Society News – The Northern Meeting

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/04/2012 12:38 pm
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Spaceflight Vol 54 No 09 - September 2012

Contents

Enterprise lands on Intrepid
Ken Kremer took his camera to New York to savour the arrival of Shuttle Enterprise and its placement on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid where it will be viewed by the general public.

Space Tourism Takes Off - Almost
Nick Spall begins a series on the new opportunities for thrill-seekers with a review of companies and individuals pushing on the boundaries of space tourism and ultimate high-ride adventure flights.

Rare Birds Take Flight
Dwayne Day took time out to visit the Udvar-Hazy Museum near Dulles Airport on a special day when some unique visitors flew in to display some unusual and rare sights including the Shuttle Discovery and NASA’s Super Guppy.

H-1 No 2015
Dr Jens Heide reports from the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin on a very special exhibit and reflects on the fate it might have had if original plans to fly it toward space had been fulfilled.

The Mighty Atlas Part 7: Centaur the Workhorse
The development of NASA’s cryogenic upper stage for the Atlas launch vehicle was anything but easy and technical problems were only a small part of a struggle to get the Centaur into service.

Regular Features

Britain in Space – Boom time for UK industry – Microgravity Medicine – Parliamentary Space Committee reception

World News Analysis – Skylon takes another step forward – Farnborough 2012

International News – NASA unveils space-bound Orion

In brief – news shorts from around the world

A View from the Hill – political space news hot from Washington DC

Satellite Digest – 476 June 2012

ISS Operations Summary – 16 June to 14 July 2012

Letters

Book reviews – Interplanetary Outpost; 2052, A global forecast for the next forty years; Rockets and People Vol IV - The moon Race

Society News – Excavating the future – Who got us to the Moon? – Patrick’s Picnic
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 09/30/2012 09:01 pm
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Spaceflight Vol 54 No 10 - October 2012


Contents

Curiosity reaches Gale Crater
After months of anticipation and sleepless nights for the team running Mars Science Laboratory, the Curiosity rover finally made it down to the surface of Mars within a short distance of the desired landing spot. The Editor reports on a landing anticipated for 10 years and brought to fruition by outstanding engineering and a superb team of flight controllers, scientists and support staff.

Neil Armstrong 1930-2012
In a special tribute to the first man to walk on the Moon, the Editor looks back on Neil Armstrong’s life and a career covering his activities as a combat pilot, test pilot and astronaut. Famous for being the commander of Apollo 11 and for ever remembered for his first steps on the surface of another world in space, Armstrong also made a major contribution to high speed and high altitude flight research piloting the hypersonic X-15 and many other types of aircraft. In this special commemoration of a great life in the service of country and of ideals, we pay tribute to the outstanding achievement that places him in the pantheon of the greats among elite bands of pilots and explorers.

2001: The Lost Science!
Adam Johnson provides a fascinating insight to the science behind the film 2001 and describes how he has played a significant role in archiving and preserving the collection of Frederick I Ordway, the man responsible for guiding the creative genius of Stanley Kubrick.

Britain in Space –UK scientists support Curiosity – Capturing the 2012 London Olympics from space

World News Analysis – Commercial crew vehicles shortlisted

International News – Rising demand for plutonium – Fabric heat shield tested

In brief – news shorts from around the world

A View from the Hill – political space news hot from Washington DC

Satellite Digest – 477 July 2012

ISS Operations Summary – 15 July to 14 August 2012

Book reviews – American Missiles The Complete Smithsonian Field Guide; Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy; Measuring the Universe

Letters

Society News – Prestige Lecture with Julie Payette – Apollo Symposium
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/10/2012 02:16 am
http://www.bis-space.com/products-page/magazines-and-journals/spaceflight-magazine/spaceflight-2012/spaceflight-vol-54-no-11-november-2012/

Spaceflight Vol 54 No 11 - November 2012
(PDF download is for members only who have subscribed to a Digital subscription)

Contents

Curiosity Gets Rolling
Six weeks on in the mission of Mars Science Laboratory, the Curiosity rover is moving across the surface of Gale Crater at the start of an epic geological tour at the foothills of Mount Sharp.

A Russian Adventure – Star City
Tony Quine took a tour of Star City outside Moscow and stopped to look at the space exhibits in Russia’s capital, returning with advice and recommendations for the intrepid traveller.

On Becoming a Scientist Astronaut -1 Familiarization
In the first of a two-part series, Nick Spall relates first-hand experience at beginning his space flight training course at the NASTAR Center in Philadelphia.

Diamonds in the Sky
With space tourism promising to take people on the ultimate adventure trip to the edge of space and entrepreneurial endeavours to carry fee-paying passengers on the journey of a lifetime, we look at one organization literally promising the Moon!

Is NASA on the Edge of Going Bust?
Science writer Steven Cutts looks at the changing face of space exploration and suggests that a culture of caution and a societal preoccupation with conspicuous indulgence has stunted the national self-denial that once fuelled great space adventures.

Britain in Space – Carbon footprint index – Sir Martin Sweeting honoured – Designer trip to Houston – GAIA gets cold test

World News Analysis – International Eye on the Sky – MAVEN passes hurdle – Mirrors for Webb telescope shipped

International News – The last farewell

In brief – news shorts from around the world

A View from the Hill – Challenges to reliance on ‘commercial’ programmes

Satellite Digest – 478 August 2012

ISS Operations Summary – 15 August to 14 September 2012

Society News – BIS inducts new President – An address by the retiring President – New BIS President addresses AGM – From Imagination to Reality: a special BIS day

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/10/2012 02:46 am
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Spaceflight Vol 54 No 12 - December 2012Contents

Apollo 16 Anniversary Dinner
Mark Yates relates a memorable experience with the US Astronaut Scholarship Foundation on the celebratory events associated with the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972, the penultimate lunar landing in the Apollo programme.

Endeavour’s farewell to the skies
Ken Kremer was atop the massive Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center when the Shuttle Endeavour made her final flight to Los Angeles.

On Becoming a Scientist Astronaut - 2 Flying the Simulator
In the second of a two-part series, Nick Spall describes his experience with the centrifuge at the NASTAR Center in Philadelphia and explains the physiological effects.

Corona and the flattery of theft
Dwayne Day tells a tale of intrigue, subterfuge and the race to get contracts for successive generations of equipment for spy satellites.

Let the science begin
Spaceflight looks at the complexities of NASA’s Curiosity rover as it begins a journey of exploration across the floor of Gale Crater.

The Mighty Atlas Part 8: A change of ownership
When NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was criticized for poor management of the cryogenic Centaur stage the project was moved to the Lewis Research Center amid a flurry of recriminations and blame-calling.

COMPETITION!
Win a deluxe box set of Universe worth £99

Apollo Symposium
Spaceflight hosted a day reflecting on the role played by British and Canadian scientists and engineers during the historical Apollo missions of the 1960s and ‘70s.

Britain in Space – The future is bright – Bridget gets a Royal visit – Mission X launch

World News Analysis – Earth-sized planet in Alpha Centauri B

International News – Earth observation market strong – Reusable booster abandoned

In brief – news shorts from around the world

A View from the Hill – Big cuts looming – Romney-speak – Boxed in?

Satellite Digest – 479 September 2012

ISS Operations Summary – 15 September to 15 October 2012

Letters

Society News – A raconteur unleashed – BIS in Naples

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/10/2012 02:47 am
Note that I have an article in the December issue. It is about the effort by Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company in April 1960 to steal away the Corona spy satellite camera contract from Itek, the company that designed it. I have mentioned that elsewhere on this board.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 11/27/2012 09:50 am
The cover image of the December issue was taken by me :-), inside are more photos taken by me of the Endeavour departure....
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/27/2012 09:59 pm
That's a nice cover. One of my complaints about Spaceflight is that they don't often have good covers, or graphics, compared to other space magazines and despite the fact that there are a lot of great images available. So that's a pretty cool cover. Congratulations!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: rdale on 11/29/2012 01:54 am
I have a set of 2012 magazines (missing July) along with Oct & Dec 2011 for sale... $15 including shipping in the U.S.

Drop me a message if interested.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 12/02/2012 02:41 pm
Spaceflight Vol 55 No 01 - January 2013

Smaller is better
 Joel Powell takes a look at a growing family of small experiment containers for flight aboard human space vehicles, including the ISS, and at a range of small satellites that could be just the thing to fly low-cost experiments.
 
Apollo 17
 In what many regard as one of the finest missions of lunar exploration in the history of
 the Apollo programme, Apollo 17 brought back to Earth a rich harvest of geological treasures. On the 40th anniversary of that flight we reflect upon the returns from Apollo.
 
Sampling the Moon
 Philip Corneille reviews the history of lunar sample collecting and describes how they were used by scientists around the world, reflecting on the fate of the Russian samples too.
 
Spacefest 2012
 Ken MacTaggart reports on a gathering of Apollo Moon explorers in the US and Rick Mulheirn brings news of a memorable visit by Apollo 16’s Charlie Duke to Pontefract, Yorks.
 
Apollo 11: Eyewitness to History
 David Chudwin was a 19-year old sophomore when he got the chance of a lifetime to report on the flight of Apollo 11 from the Kennedy Space Center and shares that experience through 43 years of hindsight.

The dawn of Planetary Science
 The Editor reflects on the first successful interplanetary mission, the flight of NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft that passed Venus on 14 December and changed our view of that world forever.

Space Generation Congress
 As a member of the delegation, Ryan Laird reports from the Space Generation Congress in Naples during late September, replete with space specialists from around the world.

Britain in Space – UK space industry given funding boost – RapidEye ground segment upgrades – Bids in now please, for Mars!
 
World News Analysis – iGeolise win national competition

International News – An Ill Wind for Enterprise
 
In brief – news shorts from around the world
 
A View from the Hill – A change at the top – NASA gets rolling - Bolden makes waves
 
Satellite Digest – 480 October 2012
 
ISS Operations Summary – 16 October to 15 November 2012
 
Off the Shelf – The Universe Collection – Lichtmond 2: Universe of Light – Observing the solar system – the Story of Astronomy – IMAX films at the Science Museum and a COMPETITION!
 
Society News – the President’s Annual Report - the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2012 – A little fundraiser

http://www.bis-space.com/products-page/magazines-and-journals/spaceflight-magazine/spaceflight-vol-55-no-01-january-2013/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 12/02/2012 05:46 pm
I wish they would make the cover images larger on their site (or have links to larger images of the cover). I've also found the site difficult to navigate--you can find these indexes of issues one way, but not via other parts of the website. Overall, the BIS site is much better than it previously used to be, but it can still lead down dead ends.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 12/23/2012 04:19 pm
Spaceflight Vol 55 No 02 - February 2013


Opening the final frontier
 Stephen Ashworth opens our look at space tourism and commercial space opportunities for existing organizations, new-start companies and entrepreneurs with a preview of existing and emerging activities.
 
Dream Chaser
 Gerard van de Haar and Rudolf van Beest take a look at the space-plane being developed by Sierra Nevada Corp from old NASA and Soviet designs the company hopes will return wings to the International Space Station.
 
Flying the Lynx
 Following his report on what it’s like to fly aboard a ballistic suborbital space-plane, Nick Spall talks to XCOR CEO Andrew Nelson about the company’s plans to get the Lynx up and running.
 
Astrometry in orbit: Gaia
 Philip Corneille tells the story of the Gaia telescope, a major European project for astrometry, the precise measurement of stars, and provides a review of precursor missions that make Gaia possible.

Patrick Moore – an obituary
 Spaceflight Editor David Baker observes the life of Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and mapmaker and remarks on his contributions to the NASA Apollo Moon programme and the value of, so-called, ‘amateur astronomy’.

Asteroid miners hunt for platinum...
 In a somewhat cynical observation on lavish claims for mining valuable minerals in the asteroid belt, Tim Worstall reflects on the hype and finds it lacking in common sense and a basic understanding of macro-economics.
 
Britain in Space – £1.2 billion to invest in lucrative ESA projects
 
World News Analysis – Musk aims for Mars: eventually – Laying the ‘Golden Spike’

International News – Orion advancing toward 2014 liftoff
 
In brief – news shorts from around the world
 
A View from the Hill – Obama’s Christmas present to NASA
 
Satellite Digest – 481 November 2012
 
ISS Operations Summary – 16 November to 14 December 2012
 
Off the Shelf - The Red Rocket’s Glare - Into the Cosmos - A little gift with a big symbolism - A4/V2 Rocket DVD-R; Operation Backfire The V-2 Rocket; V-2 Rocket White Sands/Post-War
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: ukrocketman on 12/23/2012 06:01 pm
I wish they would make the cover images larger on their site (or have links to larger images of the cover). I've also found the site difficult to navigate--you can find these indexes of issues one way, but not via other parts of the website. Overall, the BIS site is much better than it previously used to be, but it can still lead down dead ends.

Thanks for the feedback, having written the new BIS site when it first went live, it's much appreciated, and I'll feed it back to the people who have now taken on the task over the last year!

There are still areas the navigation can be improved as you say, and any suggestions you have will be taken onboard!

The news is definitely a lot, lot better and more up to date than on the old website of a few years ago, and now with the talks being videoed for members who can't get to the BIS, there are some really useful improvements.

Once again, thank you very much for such useful feedback :-)
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 12/23/2012 07:34 pm
Spaceflight Vol 55 No 02 - February 2013

I'll have something in the March (or maybe April) issue. It's about robotic lunar exploration.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 02/13/2013 08:34 am
Spaceflight Vol 55 No 03 - March 2013


Is there an Earth analogue?
 Philip Corneille reviews the search for other worlds in space and asks if there is an Earth-like world out there amid the billions of planets likely to populate the stellar systems in our galaxy and in others beyond. He also looks at the quest for super-Earths and at the record for known planets to date.

Working with Sir Patrick Moore 1954-2012
 At the invitation of Spaceflight, the world’s most famous living space artist, David Hardy, paints a picture for us of his work with the world’s most famous amateur astronomer, Sir Patrick Moore. Across what others would consider a lifetime, both men had an empathy that needed few words to create living visions of space as imagined for those who could only wonder at the heavens and at the vehicles that may one day take mankind to the stars.

The Once and Future Moon
 Dwayne Day turns his analytical eye toward the upcoming generation of small lunar probes from both NASA’s Discovery and New Frontiers programmes. Building on a series of manned and unmanned precursors, scientists have much to learn from a generation of equipment far more advanced and providing much more information than earlier probes were able to glean.
 
Britain in Space – New UK Interstellar Association leads the way
 
World News Analysis – NASA and ESA to fly astronauts to deep-space
 
International News – New firsts – Time capsule
 
In brief – news shorts from around the world
 
A View from the Hill – NASA signs Bigelow for the ISS – Gloves on or off? – Kay Bailey-Hutchison retires
 
Satellite Digest – 482 December 2012
 
ISS Operations Summary – 15 December 2012 to 15 January 2013
 
Inbox – An unfair subsidy? – An inspiration for interstellar – Human flight in decline? – A young Yuri – New media

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Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/13/2013 01:06 pm
Cool. I'll have something in April on Mars sample return that is pretty good, if I may say so myself.

And I've got a bunch of other articles in the works too. One of them I think is pretty neat and has some interesting illustrations.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Stan Black on 05/05/2013 05:28 pm
Those receiving the June 2013 issue may find the following link of interest about Skylab
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=12332.msg1014334#msg1014334
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 05/25/2013 01:43 pm
Spaceflight Vol 55 No 06 - June 2013

Reflections on ‘The Sky at Night’
 Arguably the world’s most famous space modeller and long-serving model-maker for films and television shows, Mat Irvine tells us what it was like working with Patrick Moore on the world’s longest running astronomy programme.

Skylab – NASA’S First Space Station
 This month is the 40th anniversary of the most cost-effective space station ever launched. Using redundant Apollo hardware already built, it was America’s first manned orbital facility recovered from near disaster by its first visitors.
 
Science aboard Skylab
 Skylab focused on Earth resources, solar physics and the investigation of materials in space – as well as studying the human reaction to long duration flights. How did it stack up against expectations?
 
A second Skylab
 The attraction of launching a second Skylab played long and hard on managers at NASA, which considered several possible ways it could have contributed to the human space flight programme.
 
Lunar Transient Phenomena
 A member of the Apollo science instruments team at NASA Headquarters, Donald A Beattie describes for Spaceflight how partial obscuration of surface features on the Moon got everyone excited back in the 1960s.
 
‘Peenemunders’ pass away
 Space historian Frank H Winter reports on the recent demise of three great rocket pioneers who went to the United States to help put astronauts on the Moon.

Apprentice turned Master – 2
 The Editor concludes a personal reflection on his conversations with Jesco von Puttkamer, who died on 27 December 2012.

A Conversation with Al Worden – 1
 In the first of a two part feature, Chris Starr held an engaging and frank conversation with Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden during his recent visit to the UK.
 
Britain in Space – New European Satellite Navigation Competition – Every Child a Space Scientist
 
World News Analysis – Asteroid goal for first manned Orion flight
 
In brief – news shorts from around the world
 
US Space Politics – NASA to get flat budget – at most
 
Satellite Digest – 485 March 2013
 
ISS Operations Summary – 17 March to 16 April 2013

http://www.bis-space.com/products-page/magazines-and-journals/spaceflight-magazine/spaceflight-vol-55-no-06-june-2013/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 06/07/2013 08:15 am
Spaceflight Vol 55 No 07 - July 2013

AMS-2: Rewriting Physics from the ISS
 Philip Corneille looks at the background to what for many is one of the truly great experiments currently being conducted aboard the ISS – the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer – and summarises the results so far.
 
Keep Track Down Under Part One: Origins
 First of a two-part survey of the Deep Space Tracking Network and a visit made by Philip Corneille to the facilities at Tidbinbilla near Canberra.

New life for vintage pads - 1
 Gerard van de Haar takes a look at some once familiar launch pads around Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and finds a few in a state of disrepair and several getting a new lease of life.

The Mighty Atlas Part Eleven: A very special day
 Noted space historian Joel Powell concludes his look at the preparation and flight of MA-6, the Atlas that launched John Glenn into orbit on 20 February 1962.
 
The Virginia Air & Space Center
 A walk around the exhibits at a museum merging the historic achievements of NASA’s Langley Research Center and the US Air Force’s Langley Air Base in Virginia.

UK Space Conference 2013
 UK Space Agency Director Dr David Parker tells us why this event is a significant step forward for Britain in space.
 
Fred Clarke – Reflective Memories
 A selection of tributes to Fred Clarke, younger brother to Arthur C Clarke, following his recent demise, with thoughts from those who knew him well.
 
Britain in Space – Tim Peake for 2015 ISS Expedition
 
World News Analysis – High Flight takes a Step Closer
 
In brief – news shorts from around the world
 
US Space Politics – Conflict or Convergence?
 
Satellite Digest – 486 April 2013
 
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Spaceflight Vol 55 No 08 - August 2013



Keeping Track Down Under Part Two: Interplanetary Spacecraft
 Philip Corneille completes his visit to Australia’s flagship tracking station with a description of the vital work it has done in supporting planetary exploration for more than 50 years.

SLS Progress Report No 2
 Continuing our periodic series covering development of NASA’s Space Launch System, this month we look at the work underway at the Stennis Space Center, and note changes to what was formerly, and more famously, known as the Mississippi Test Facility. We also report on an important milestone in getting the SLS to the pad.

Spacefest V
 Chris Starr reports from Spacefest V where astronauts and key players in national and international ventures rub shoulders and share thoughts, reflect on times past and ponder what lies ahead.

Coming of the Titans
 Joel Powell continues his reflective examination of 1960s rocket programmes with a detailed look at the Titan ICBM, developed as a hedge against Atlas and matured into a reliable and steadfast launch vehicle for the US Air Force and NASA.

New life for vintage pads - 2
 Gerard van de Haar completes his look at launch pads along the Cape Canaveral coastline that have changed roles in the past decades leaving some with a future and others shrouded in uncertainty.

Britain in Space – An arboreal survey – UK to measure gravity waves – Looking for excellence

World News Analysis – Reassembling asteroid – All-electric satellites – Green fuel – Clooney says ‘enough!’

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Bigger version of the cover.
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The newest issue.
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Post by: Blackstar on 08/05/2013 11:49 am
My article in the newest issue.
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Oh! I wish I could read all of that. It's been about ten years since I've seen that great magazine on the bookstore shelves here in New Zealand... :(
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Oh! I wish I could read all of that. It's been about ten years since I've seen that great magazine on the bookstore shelves here in New Zealand... :(

Yes that was a nice teaser. I've got to have that issue.
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My article in the newest issue.

An excellent article, well written and I learned a lot.
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Anyone wanting Spaceflight can subscribe at www.bis-space.com and get it mailed direct.
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Spaceflight Vol 55 No 10 - October 2013
THE BIS AT 80!

The BIS at 80
BIS President Alistair Scott reviews the state of the Society in this, its 80th year and looks to the wide range of activities in which it is now engaged, projecting ahead and giving his appraisal of challenges as it looks to the future.

A Prehistory of Outer Space
Dr Bob Parkinson looks back over the last eight decades to give an overview of contributions made by the Society to domestic and international ventures, at home and abroad, explaining how the BIS influenced decisions over the type of rocket needed to launch the first satellites into space.

A new alliance - a new start
Scott Hatton, chair of the IAF Space Society Committee reflects on the importance of the International Astronautical Federation, to the role played by the BIS from its outset, and to the new IAF Alliance.

Paths to the future
Richard Osborne, chair of the BIS Technical Committee reviews the many separate technical and study activities underway to provide the Society with its first hands-on development of payloads designed for space flight, to study the requirements of future space programmes and propose exciting new missions to the Moon.

Meet the team!
Spaceflight pulls aside the curtain at BIS headquarters in London and takes readers behind the scenes to see who really does the work to keep the Society alive and well on a daily basis. We look at staff and volunteers, remembering that this is a combined team effort delivering lectures, meetings and four publications.

Britain in Space – Alphasat hailed as a great success – Fertile ground? – Letter from the Editor

World News Analysis – X-37B heading for KSC?

In brief – news shorts from around the world

US Space Politics – Noose tightens on Orion – Lori Garver to leave NASA

Satellite Digest – 489 July 2013

ISS Operations Summary – 16 July to 15 August 2013
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Spaceflight Vol 55 No 11 - November 2013

Mission to a Dusty moon
Launched on 6 September by the first Minotaur V, the LADEE spacecraft is heading for a rendezvous with the Moon and a survey of the lunar atmosphere where dust, charged particles and a very thin gaseous envelope bring trace changes to the environment of our nearest celestial neighbour.

The Home of Atlantis
Rick Mulheirn tours the new home for the Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and the Editor reflects on a high-performing spaceship that carried a variety of military, planetary and astrophysical payloads as well as contributing to the assembly of the International Space Station and performing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

The birth of European comsats
Cliff Hughes winds back the clock and traces the origin of space telecommunications in Europe, beginning in the heart of the continent and migrating to the UK. The development of communications satellites within ESRO led directly to Eutelsat, which in turn resulted in OTS and ECS.

The ‘Comet of the Century’ – from Skylab
Nick Howes talks to Skylab astronaut Ed Gibson about the third and final visit to NASA’s one and only all-American space station, asking him particularly about the observations the crew were asked to carry out on a comet that ended up being dubbed the ‘fizzle’ on Earth but a heart-stopping spectacle from space.

Mining the asteroids
Steven Cutts takes a long, hard look at suggestions that deep-space flight by humans could secure and retrieve an asteroid and bring it closer to Earth for analysis and sample-return, asking whether it is as easy as it sounds and why do it anyway?

Britain in Space – SSTL designs exoplanet survey platform – EKSA in force at EPSC

World News Analysis – Resurrecting WISE for asteroid hunt – Apollo launch pad for sale – Ten cubed

In brief – news shorts from around the world
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Here is a bigger cover image.
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Spaceflight Vol 55 No 12 - December 2013


Peake practice
 Keeping track of UK ESA astronaut Tim Peake, Spaceflight reports on training sessions with the remote manipulator system in Canada and on familiarization checks with the Orlan space suit and Russia’s unique EVA equipment.

End of a 40 year Countdown
 Bart Hendrickx tells the story of Russia’s NK-33 rocket engine programme, beginning when it was designed for the fated N-1 Moon rocket launcher. Now the NK-33 powers the first stage of the Antares rocket used by Orbital Sciences to place the Cygnus resupply module in orbit.

Mixed messages from Curiosity
 The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) box on NASA’s Curiosity rover has produced results which, while not precluding the fact that life could have existed on Mars in the first aeon of its evolution, may make it more difficult to detect traces of such activity on later missions.

MAVEN to Mars
 Continuing our coverage of news from Mars, MAVEN is set to launch mid-November on a mission to find out why the atmosphere of Mars is so rare today, helping to unravel indications of a very different environment in the past. Set to reach Mars in September 2014, MAVEN will complement earlier spacecraft and target the Sun-Mars interaction in a unique way.

The 2013 IAC in Beijing
 Scott Hatton reports from Beijing on the 64th International Astronautical Congress where politics had a part to play but where the BIS made ground on exerting an international stance through agreements consolidating cooperation with new groups. With a memorandum of understanding between the BIS for the UK and the NVR for the Netherlands, a great deal of progress was made toward expanding mutual interests within the IAF and between respective organisations. .

Viewpoint
 Nelson Bridwell takes us into the speculative world of space faction, where possibilities for the future collide with the realities of the present. Arguing for a balanced view of why we go into space, and that real space exploration need not be profitable, he sets the bar at a realistic level and supports an early Moon base as the way to proceed.

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That reminds me that I have several article submissions to send into Spaceflight, including something on the Iraqi space program and something on nuking asteroids.
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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 01 - January 2014

Russian EVA patches
A look at Russian EVA patches , now a familiar sight on the suits of space-walking cosmonauts.

Red Team 4 to the Pad
 The first of a news series looking back at dramatic or merely memorable moments in the history of space flight.

The first telescope on the Moon
 Regular contributor Philip Corneille looks back almost 42 years to the first telescope placed on the surface of the Moon.

Remembering Scott Carpenter, an explorer from Colorado
 Fabrizio Bernardini attended the memorial service for Malcolm Scott Carpenter to bring us a touching reflection on the life of a great astronaut.

Walking on Mars – in Utah!
 If humans are ever to get off planet Earth and explore the dusty surface of Mars, research into how to live on the Red Planet will empower a new generation of astronauts.

India’s first and only Spaceman
 Gurbir Singh met Rakesh Sharma, the sole astronaut from one of the world’s oldest civilizations, and learned what gave him the pride and the dignity that characterised this great pioneer.

The ISS at 15!
 Remembering the launch of Zarya and Unity at the end of 1998, the first elements in what became the International Space Station, we remember what a colossal achievement that was.

Regular Features
 
Britain in Space – London space summit – SIGS sets new goals for UK
 
World News – Commercial Crew picks up pace – ESA defines Orion module – CBO tots up human flight cost
 
Briefing notes – news shorts from around the world
 
From the Editor
 
Satellite Digest – 492 October 2013
 
ISS Operations Summary – 21 October to 15 November 2013

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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 02 - February 2014

A walk on the Wild Side
 In Moment from History this month Luca Parmitano relives a potentially life threatening experience as he describes his unexpected encounter with floating globules of water inside his helmet.
 
Solar Dynamic Observatory
 Stunning images of a sometimes violent Sun and observations from NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory almost 52 years after the launch of the first Orbiting Solar Observatory.
 
Retelling the tale of Mars Exploration
 Philip Stooke explains his passion for mapping the exploration of Mars, creating the first accurate survey of US and Russian missions as attention focuses once again on the Red Planet.

Sleuthing the Cold War Space Sleuths
 Dominic Phelan opens a new series from the China/Russia Forum on how the BIS uncovered Soviet space secrets and filled in the gaps.
 
Electra Mars Radio Relay
 Joel Powell tracks down the real reason why MAVEN got a break from the US government shutdown and got to launch on time.
 
Regular Features
 
Britain in Space – UK drive for military satellite growth – SSTL spearheads UK drive – Roy Gibson honoured – Astrium engineer wins IET award

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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 04 - April 2014

Wishing upon a Red Planet
 Dwayne Day reflects on a snowy day in Washington that shut down the locals but which proved no problem for Bas Lansdorp!

Replacing Soyuz
 Bart Hendrickx retraces the attempt to find a replacement for the ubiquitous Soyuz spacecraft and summarises the latest attempt at providing for existing and future requirements in Russia’s human space flight programme.

India’s Mission to Mars
 Gurbir Singh explains the background to India’s spectacular mission to Mars, now en-route to the Red Planet, and links it to a grander ambition.

Your Name in Space
 Carrying the names of people from around the world on microchips, spacecraft routinely serve as emissaries of Earth’s citizenry, as Joel Powell explains.

Searching for Snoopy
 In May 1969 NASA sent Apollo 10 on a route-proving flight to the Moon, the spent Ascent Stage of the Lunar Module going into solar orbit. Nick Howes goes in search of it.

Eisenhower’s Sputnik Moment
 The author of a new book on the political repercussions from President Eisenhower’s reaction to the Russian coup of Sputnik 1 explains why he wrote it.

Britain in Space – Space attack from organized crime

World News Analysis – Robotic filling stations

Briefing notes – news shorts from around the world

From the Editor

Satellite Digest – 495 January 2014

ISS Operations Summary – 17 January – 16 February 2014
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Interesting spacecraft on the cover.....
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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 05 - May 2014

Luca Parmitano’s suit leak – a warning
Spaceflight’s ISS guru George Spiteri reports on the shocking results from a NASA inquiry into the reasons behind the near fatal suit leak in July 2013.

Asteroids Galore
Philip Corneille brings his astronomical knowledge to bear on the asteroids, explaining how they can be exploited as a future mineral resource.

Nuking an Asteroid
Once again, Dwayne Day digs into the archives and discovers how MIT students proposed to launch Saturn V rockets to conduct a nuclear strike on a rogue asteroid and how that idea might have current appeal.

Off-Earth Mining
From Dassault Systemes GEOVIA, Steve Carter explains how 3DEXPERIENCE technology could speed resource mining of asteroids and accelerate future activities in space.

American spy satellites in the USSR
Christian Lardier looks back into published and unpublished records to work out whether US space satellites in the Corona and SAMOS programmes were recovered in Soviet Russia, with surprising results.

Into the Silent Sea
Tony Quine has been talking to the director of a new film which takes as its theme the myth of ‘lost’ cosmonauts from the early Soviet space shots.

Your Name in Space Part 2
Joel Powell concludes his two-part feature by looking at opportunities for public participation in the Mars missions.

The Fermi Paradox – or is it?
Why is it we have not yet encountered the teeming hordes that populate this universe? Is it perhaps that they have developed genetic self-coding and have no need to travel?

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One reason you might want to buy the issue.
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Joel Powell has a detailed article on the early Vanguard launches in this issue.
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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 07 - July 2014

On a Critical Path: NASA’s Tracking & Data Relay Satellite System
 Joel Powell links current developments in connecting Earth-orbiting satellites and spacecraft with their ground control centres and examines NASA’s TDRS system. A network of satel-lites first launched in April 1983 is now a robust and widely used tracking and relay network without which much of the data obtained by orbiting platforms would be lost.

The Plutonium in the Closet
 Dwayne Day recounts the fascinating story of how plutonium 238 fuel for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators used to power deep-space spacecraft has come, gone and re-turned with only vague explanation for the reasons why! He shows how a resurgence of ‘new-found’ plutonium has doomed a potential replacement for the standard RTG which could have been a valuable technology boost.

Flashback
 As we come up to the 50th anniversary of the start of the space race, when Russia officially approved a dash to put cosmonauts on the Moon before NASA, Spaceflight begins a new series. Each month we will look back at events 50 years ago which play into the events of today, recalling how the space programmes of all the space-faring nations have been shaped by that seminal event in the history of the Cold War.

Yuri Gagarin: A Contribution to Peace
 Chronicler, author and broadcaster Gurbir Singh offers a view which places Yuri Gagarin outside the propaganda machine of the USSR. Was he a product of a well oiled publicity campaign for encouraging uncommitted countries to warm to Russia and its communist sys-tem? The evidence, says Singh, is there but was that also a fabrication?

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So my article in Spaceflight is somewhat of an exclusive. The information has been available for quite a few months now, but nobody was paying any attention to it. So I finally decided to write an article about it, explaining what is happening.
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Better copy of the cover.
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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 08 - August 2014

Business as Usual?
Neil Da Costa reports from Star City on the return of the Soyuz TMA-10M in April and notes that the congeniality and comradeship that characterized their expedition was not shaken by the political disagreements between the West and Russia over Ukraine.

Index: Orion
The Editor begins an occasional series looking at the new generation of spacecraft coming off the stocks to characterize the specification and operating requirement for NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

A New Spacecraft Rising – Dragon V2
SpaceX unveils its 21st century people-carrier with expectations that it could be flying next year of the year after. As a design icon it is an aesthetic dream, giving crewed vehicles a style change.

Spacefest 6
Chris Starr reports from Pasadena, California, on this year’s gathering of astronauts, scientists, engineers and managers in an informal gathering with plenty to talk about and to share with enthusiasts.

The Bachem Natter
In the first of a three-part feature, Brett Gooden tells the story of how the world’s first man-carrying vertically-launched rocket was born in Germany and why.

Regular Features

Britain in Space – ESA Report Endorses Skylon – UK charts new paths

World News Analysis – First manned Orion shunted to 2023

Briefing notes – news shorts from around the world

From the Editor

Satellite Digest – 499 May 2014

ISS Operations Summary – 16 May – 15 June 2014

Flashback – A regular feature looking back 50 years ago this month

Obituary – John C Houbolt (1919-2014)

Off the Shelf – Aerospace Projects Review Dyna Soar

Society News – IAC2014 Competition - BIS-Italia visits London - Chinese/Soviet Forum 7 June 2014

Diary Notices


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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 09 - September 2014

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Sir Bernard Lovell and the Soviets
 Dominic Phelan unravels a bizarre episode in the history of the Cold War space race and asks whether one of the UK’s most brilliant radio astronomers was victim to a Soviet bid to either recruit or irradiate him.

The road to Mount Sharp
 As NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover departs the safe zone where it landed for new and rugged terrain ahead, we look at features and sites that have so far kept the vehicle slightly behind its scheduled traverse log.

HEOS 1: A 50th Anniversary
 Philip Corneille remembers Europe’s first deep space science satellite and describes its origin and why it contributed so much to knowledge about our local region of the solar system and why that is important.

Bach Natter Part 2
 In Brett Gooden’s second instalment of his three-part look at the world’s first vertically launched man-carrying rocket, the Natter test pilot pays the ultimate price and his accident is investigated.

Regular Features

Britain in Space – SpaceUP - UK Style - UK A magnet for space - New hand on the rudder

World News Analysis – Spaceplane contracts awarded - Ariane 6 contest hots up

Briefing notes – news shorts from around the world

From the Editor

Satellite Digest – 500 June 2014

ISS Operations Summary – 16 June – 15 July 2014
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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 10 - October 2014


The Last Man on the Moon
 Rick Mulheirn has been to the movies, more specifically to the Sheffield Film festival to talk with former astronaut Eugene A Cernan about his life, his epic flight as commander of the last Apollo mission to the Moon and about the film that has been made about it all.

The Farnborough International Air Show 2014
 Mat Irvine packed up his sandwiches and took a trip to this year’s Farnborough International Air Show to see what the space agencies and the commercial companies were putting on display and to get a feel for an industry in a state of change.

The Bachem Natter Part 3
 Historian and specialist on one of the more bizarre weapons of World War Two, Brett Gooden concludes his three-part story about the world’s first vertically-launched man-carrying rocket and the influence this had on post-war developments with rocket powered aircraft.

Close Encounters of the Top Secret Kind
 Dwayne Day looks at a strange incident during the height of the Cold War when for a while it appeared the Russians might be trying to intercept a US spy satellite and takes look himself at the practice of satellites spying on satellites.

Britain in Space – Spaceports UK

World News Analysis – Rosetta arrives!

Briefing notes – news shorts from around the world

Satellite Digest – 501 July 2014

ISS Operations Summary – 16 July – 15 August 2014


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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 11 - November 2014

The Tachyon World
 In asking us to consider whether tachyons exist or can be thought to assemble a parallel existence which we can bridge, Robert B Cronkhite is challenging current thinking in physics. We think it is a debate which should be joined.

Low cost space – from imagination to reality
 Scott Hatton previews the Reinventing Space conference, hosted this year by the British Interplanetary Society in London, and emphasises the urgent need for a renaissance in space activity.

LonCon-3
 BIS President Alistair Scott enthuses over the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention and the Society’s presence, where much interest and attention was evident.

Hill climb with a difference!
 Spaceflight previews the next major phase in NASA’s Curiosity mission as it gets into the extended phase of operations in the foothills of Mount Sharp.

Floating Free
 Looking back 30 years to the first untethered spacewalk, Ken MacTaggart recalls the unique experiences of Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless when he tried out the Manned Maneuvering Unit.

Soviet Tracking Ships – and Robert Bartini
 Russian specialists Brian Harvey and Bert Vis describe the vagaries of the Soviet floating space tracking facilities and explains how one man wanted something entirely different.

Regular Features

Britain in Space – How does HSF affect your child?

Briefing notes – news shorts from around the world

World News Analysis – NASA awards Commercial Crew contracts – Conflict in Europe – SLS delayed

Satellite Digest – 502 August 2014

ISS Operations Summary – 16 August - 15 September 2014

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Spaceflight Vol 56 No 12 - December 2014

A Secret Client
 On 16 September an Atlas 401 launched a top secret payload for an unknown client. The weather was appalling and the launch occurred within the last second in the window. What was that all about?

The Role of Space in STEM Education and Outreach
 The summary of a paper presented at the IAC in Toronto championing the role of space educators in motivating students for STEM courses.

ESA spaceplane ready
 Jacques van Oene describes the plans for a European manoeuvrable re-entry vehicle assigned to fly on a Vega rocket from Kourou.

Rukavishnikov: The unlucky cosmonaut
 Spaceflight ISS contributor George Spiteri looks at the life of one cosmonaut who never quite seemed to find the luck he deserved.

A new star for Orion
 Linda Herridge reports from the Kennedy Space Center on plans for the first flight of Orion, scheduled for November.

Next Steps for SLS
 David Todd met up with key people involved in the development of NASA’s new Space Launch System and reports on the latest developments.

IAC 2014 Toronto: Notes from the Congress
 David Todd reports on news and gossip at and around the 65th International Astronautical Congress in Toronto.

Show and tell for Italian astronaut
 Fabrizio Bernardini reports on the experiments selected for Italy’s first female astronaut on her forthcoming Futura mission.

Echoes of Apollo
 Nick Howes tells the intriguing story of a boy gripped by space and who went on to play an important part in the Apollo 11 story.

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Spaceflight Vol 57 No 01 – January 2015

 Antares Falters As the forensic engineering analysis of the failure of an Antares rocket on 28 October reaches its preliminary conclusions, what was responsible for the catastrophic loss of more than 2 tonnes of cargo for the ISS and what impact will it have on the future for Orbital Sciences?

The Apollo 15 Standup EVA Space historian Joel W Powell digs out the details on Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott’s unique survey of the Hadley Apennine landing site from his position standing on the ascent engine cover, head and shoulders out the top of the Lunar Module Falcon.

Tim Peake Speaks of Principia Spaceflight’s Nick Spall talks to British astronaut Tim Peake about his Principia mission, now less than a year away from launch on a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS where he will remain for approximately six months.

Star Wars, LOSAT and QuickStar Dwayne A Day has dug into the history of a little-known series of satellites emerging from the Brilliant Pebbles concept which evolved from the mid-1980s Strategic Defense Initiative, a US missile defence shield.

For All Mankind In another of Nick Howes’ interviews with prominent space personalities, Russell (Rusty) Schweickart describes his experiences as an Apollo astronaut and more recently for his role in setting up the B612 Foundation raising public awareness to the danger of asteroid impacts.

World Space Week 2014 A British Success Vix Southgate provides a brief wrap-up on a successful series of events around the UK in support of World Space Week, acknowledging the dawn of the Space Age when Russia launched Sputnik 1 in October 1957. -

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I have an article in there on LOSAT-X, which was one of the last SDI satellites. I managed to get in contact with one of the project engineers and he provided some new information on it. LOSAT-X was a Ball Aerospace QuickStar satellite. Ball was marketing QuickStar as an inexpensive smallsat in the early 1990s. What they discovered was that it was too small to be of value to anybody. LOSAT-X was the only one they built.

If you look at the history of American satellites, you'll find a few periods where there is a push for smaller (and less expensive) satellites, and then that enthusiasm died out. The late 1980s-early 1990s was one such period.

LOSAT-X was not similar to some other satellites that had LOSAT designations. They were all unique and LOSAT was simply a handy designation for low altitude satellites ordered by the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization.
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A page from my LOSAT-X article.
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Spaceflight Vol 57 No 02 – February 2015

 Cygnus recovery With the Antares launch vehicle grounded until a replacement engine can be found, what plans does Orbital Sciences have for maintaining a logistics supply to the International Space Station and how soon can flights resume?

Orion flies! The editor tracks Orion spacecraft 001 on its maiden space flight on the world’s most powerful launch vehicle and examines some of the technology that helped it fly farther than any vehicle designed to carry humans has been for more than 42 years.

Asteroid Mining for Lunar Tourism Dave Dietzler looks at the possibilities for humans in asteroid mining and the logistical requirements this will require, what propulsion systems might be necessary and how much energy it takes to get the job done.

Few and Far Between Regular Spaceflight contributor Nick Howes talked to astronaut Jack Lousma about his work for NASA during the Apollo programme, his reflections on Apollo 13 and his activities aboard Skylab.

 David A Hardy – A Big Thank-You! BIS President Alistair Scott and Spaceflight editor David Baker team up to separately pay tribute to one of the UK’s outstanding space artists, be it for fact or fiction. -

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Inside the March issue an article I co wrote about Morpheus, and photos I took of the lander.
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Spaceflight Vol 57 No 04 – April 2015

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 Operating robots in space has its limitations but the European Space Agency is working on a novel way of improving the dextrous ability of machines to replicate the manipulation of human hands and fingers with a feedback device designed to help narrow the gap between astronauts and their proxies.

Elfordstown Earth station
 John O’Sullivan takes us to East Cork, Ireland, on a tour of the Elfordstown tracking and communications relay facilities and describes the outstanding work being carried out there on a wide variety of national and international activities.

Bootstrapping Lunar Industry – Part Two
 In the third of a series looking at the mineral resources of the solar system, Dave Dietzler concludes his discussion about the possibilities of not only utilizing the Moon’s resources for indigenous activity and re-provisioning the Earth but also for fabricating structures from local materials.

The Hubble Space Telescope – at 25
 It is 25 years since the world’s most famous space telescope was lifted into orbit by Shuttle. Philip Corneille takes a look back at a momentous quarter-century of outstanding and productive science, from the fitting of corrective lens instruments on the first servicing mission to the complete refurbishment in orbit.
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Post by: Blackstar on 03/21/2015 01:02 pm
That's a good cover. I think that Spaceflight often misses some great opportunities for cover photos. There are so many spectacular rocket and spacecraft photos out there to choose from.
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Spaceflight Vol 57 No 05 – May 2015

Jupiter for CRS and Mars
 With an ever pressing need for supplying the International Space Station with independently developed non-NASA logistics vehicles, the race is on for contracts from the space agency to send cargo to the ISS with the new round of bids. Lockheed Martin has put together an international team for this and much, much more.

Riding the Farnborough centrifuge
 Spaceflight’s Nick Spall took the opportunity to visit the QinetiQ centrifuge at Farnborough, now celebrating its 50th anniversary in a facility used to train fighter pilots and high-speed test pilots. It is also the kind of familiarization future space-riders will need to fly aboard the SpaceShip2, Lynx and possibly other spaceplanes.

Sex and health in space
 With ambitious proposals for one-way trips to Mars, settlement colonies funded by TV shows and confident expectations among the general public about heading for the Red Planet, the Editor takes a clinical view and looks at the serious medical obstacles standing in the way of humans going on very long journeys beyond Earth.

New Horizons for Pluto
 Spaceflight’s resident astronomer Philip Corneille provides a preview of the imminent encounter with Pluto as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft homes in on one of the solar system’s most enigmatic bodies, providing a recap on how it has haunted astronomers for decades.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2015/spaceflight-vol-57-no-05-may-2015/
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Spaceflight Vol 57 No 06 – June 2015

 VULCAN – Made in the USA!With a need to cut costs and shift away from Russian-built RD-180 motors for its Atlas launch vehicle, United Launch Alliance has come up with a new rocket to replace both Atlas V and Delta IV and introduces some novel schemes for reusability. But will it work?

Asteroid’s rockAs NASA mulls options for utilizing the giant Space Launch System, the options are narrowing for the kind of mission astronauts in an Orion spacecraft might fly as a first step in a long and winding road to Mars. Not everyone is happy.

Dawn at CeresNow in orbit about the dwarf planet Ceres, the Dawn spacecraft is about to begin its descent to a much closer path from where its instruments can fully analyse this enigmatic and puzzling world orbiting between Mars and Jupiter.

Ice plumes on EnceladusScientists studying data from the Cassini spacecraft have interpreted tiny silicon-rich grains of rock in Saturn’s rings as coming from hydrothermal activity on one of its moons, Enceladus, and that this is contributed to by plumes of gas and dust erupting from its south pole.

Interstellar – a 2D look at 4D spaceFounder of Imaginals, which numbers NASA among its clients and which has its offices at Arthur C. Clarke House with the BIS in London, James Parr takes a deep and meaningful look at a seminal film, with the editor of Spaceflight also adding interpretations.

A Cape Canaveral Cocktail ShakerSpace historian and lecturer Joel W Powell extracts more insightful vignettes from the pages of rocket and missile history with a description of the Ship Motion Simulator, built for Polaris but probably never used for its intended purpose! -

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Post by: jacqmans on 06/11/2015 02:11 pm
Spaceflight Vol 57 No 07 – July 2015

Schedule Reshuffle
The failure of the Progress M-27M to successfully deliver supplies and logistics to the International Space Station has thrown the ISS schedule into the air with several options still on the table. We assess the consequences and catch up on changes to the flight manifest.

Preventing an EVA Fatality
Safety in space has always focused on the hardware and, since the 1970s, on the software written to control discrete spacecraft systems. Now, with much more known about the effects on the human body, space flight itself has intrinsic risks, as explained by Dr Bill Rowe.

ARM gets ready
With little prospect of an early use of the massive Space Launch System for dramatic steps on the road to Mars, NASA has chosen a preferred option for accessing a rock from an asteroid. But there is more to it than that and the mission may flight-prove innovative technologies essential for reaching the Red Planet.

Visions of Space – Art and the Cosmos
Chris Starr presents a colourful mix of international space artists from our own David Hardy to retired US astronauts and provides an insightful and appreciative examination of outstanding contributions to what for many is an inspiration and a goal.

Gardens of Steel
Dwayne Day took time out to visit a less frequented part of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and found rusting hulks, while in Canada a unique survivor from the early days of Atlas rocket development has already succumbed to age and neglect.

Retro – Go!
Nick Howes continues his fireside chat column and reports a conversation with Charles Deiterich, one of NASA’s elite group of flight controllers during high summer for some of NASA’s greatest achievements.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2015/spaceflight-vol-57-no-07-july-2015/
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Post by: Blackstar on 06/27/2015 09:24 pm
Includes my article on the Marshall Rocket Garden (which actually has been spruced up in the last couple of months) and the Canadian Atlas ICBM which everybody was worked up about here (and which everybody seems to have forgotten about).
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Post by: jacqmans on 07/06/2015 07:32 pm
Spaceflight Vol 57 No 08 – August 2015

Moscow Celebrates the first EVA
Dr Neil Da Costa was in Moscow for the celebrations accompanying the 50th anniversary of the first space-walk and reports on the glittering array of people and pageantry which accompanied that event.

Predicting China’s Shenzhou Flights
Internationally respected analyst of Russian and Chinese space missions, Robert Christy provides an insight to the prediction of Shenzhou flights and the rationale behind date and time selection.

50 Years on Mars
Five decades after the first images from a close flyby of Mars were transmitted to Earth, Spaceflight cele-brates the achievements of several nations and reflects on the extraordinary acomplishments by fly-by space-craft, orbiters, landers and roving vehicles.

Pictures of bygone glory
Spacecraft engineer Alan Lawrie is recognised around the world as the single most knowledgeable authority on the Saturn V and its production and test regime. Here he shares hithereto hidden images of stage activity rescued from a garage in Sacramento.

Homing in on Pluto
As NASA’s New Horizons mission approaches a close fly-by of Pluto, we take a look at its origin and its significance for planetary science

Earth Defence
Italian BIS members Tommaso Pino and Matteo Perrotta report from the biannual conference on planetary defence from asteroid and near-Earth objects and find progress in preparing for the worst.

Interstellar Studies – pushing boundaries
Spaceflight goes back to i4is to report on progress with their organisation and with Project Dragonfly, a chal-lenging and difficult competition which attracted an international base of contenders.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2015/spaceflight-vol-57-no-08-august-2015/
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Post by: Blackstar on 07/07/2015 03:54 am
By my count this is at least the fourth magazine to use the exact same Pluto artwork on the cover.
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Post by: jacqmans on 08/11/2015 06:29 am
Spaceflight Vol 57 No 09 – September 2015

The International Space Station awaits its next major cargo delivery as both commercial suppliers make changes to their launcher programmes. Just what are the stakes here? Who pays the cost and how much is the taxpayer involved?

Europa Mission Launched
In the first of a two-part analysis of plans to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon Europa, Spaceflight looks at the scientific reasons for sending a probe to one of the solar system’s most enigmatic bodies and how the mission might evolve.

NASA astronaut assignments
Commercial contenders for sending astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil are getting ready to fly, so NASA has assigned four crewmembers to help pilot these new capsules into space. But when will these flights begin?

Treasures in the Closet
Dwayne Day goes behind the scenes at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, to see the breadth of artifacts on display or in restoration that may one day sit front-stage for public view.

Fall of a Titan
Space historian and renowned author Joel Powell tells the picture-story of a Titan I which failed shortly after launch on a test flight in 1960.

Qualified success for LDSD
NASA is trying to find a way to get big spacecraft down to the surface of Mars. Joel Powell reports on one test which proves success is hard to come by! -

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Spaceflight Vol 57 No 10 – October 2015

On to Mars – But not yet!Andrew Jackson was at the 18th annual Mars Society Conference in Washington DC in mid-August where the call for a major push on getting humans to the Red Planet was as loud as ever. But this time, the US President is in the sights for a lobby push.

Europa Mission UnveiledIn the second of a two-part analysis the NASA mission to Europa is examined as participants gather to consider their plans for a mission destined to peel back the secrets of Jupiter’s remote ice world with an ocean.

The ISS – Taking Stock
A major report on the expanding cost of the International Space Station implies that the commercial contracts for resupply and crew delivery are to blame but the Editor argues that the value of the facility cannot be counted in dollars paid, claiming that it is vital for future exploration.

Cities at Night
As winter falls, the nights are getting lighter. At least that’s the view from space as light pollution from LEDs can be seen from space, dazzling drivers and pilots and blocking out the night sky for astronomers.

Honour to the Fallen Astronauts
Rick Mulheirn and Danny Van Hoecke tell the story of the commemorative figurine crafted by Paul Van Hoeydonck, left on the surface of the Moon by Apollo 15 Commander David Scott and of the misfortune that befell a noble idea

Eileen Collins wows Yorkshire audiences
Rick Mulheirn reports on the visit to Pontefract by astronaut Eileen Collins and how she attracted interest and high regard as a pilot and as a person. -

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Post by: jacqmans on 10/14/2015 07:19 am
Spaceflight Vol 57 No 11 – November 2015

 The MartianSpaceflight has worked with Fox Film to bring you a preview introduction to the new space movie from Andrew Weir’s book about an astronaut stranded on Mars -

Soyuz 23 – a cascade of wrongsGeorge Spiteri gives us a look back at an early Soviet Soyuz flight to the Salyut 5 space station in which just about everything appeared to go wrong – from the beginning.

Remembering Explorer 29Pat Norris provides a first-hand account of a very special, but largely unknown, programme to launch an early geodesic survey programme using an Explorer-class satellite, recalling its objective and its accomplishments.

Searching for ETGeoff Carter reflects on whether we are all alone in the Universe and whether we are even looking in the right place for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond, finding a chilling conclusion from an examination of the evolution of life on Earth.

Venus ExpressTen years after the launch of the European Space Agency’s Venus Express, new findings are casting light upon a cloud-shrouded planet, Earth’s sister twin which may not be as dissimilar as we thought.


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Post by: B. Hendrickx on 10/26/2015 09:42 pm
For those interested : most of the articles on Soviet/Russian space history that I've written over the years for British Interplanetary Society publications (Spaceflight, JBIS, Space Chronicle, The ISS : From Imagination to Reality) are now available for download here :

http://www.bis-space.com/belgium/sample-page/bis-magazine-texts-written-by-belgians/contributions-by-bart-hendrickx/

They're on the website of the Belgian branch of the BIS that we set up last year. The website is under construction, so it's still looking pretty crude.


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Post by: jacqmans on 11/07/2015 09:01 am
Spaceflight Vol 57 No 12 – December 2015

COSMONAUTS: Birth of the Space AgeVix Southgate took a wander down to the Science Museum to check out the new exhibition of Soviet space hardware and came back more than a little impressed with what she found.

Tereshkova’s unseen sister
Tony Quine has a habit of rooting out previously untold stories about Soviet and Russian space affairs. He has been at it again and shares the fascinating story behind the woman selected to carry out physiological research prior to Valentina Tereshkova’s historic flight.

Aiming High
Chris McIntosh, CEO of ViaSat UK shares his thoughts about Britain and the space programme and comes out with a very positive view and a few recommendations of his own in this exclusive feature.

Countdown to Principia
Nick Spall caught up with Tim Peake as he nears his historic mission to the International Space Station, Britain’s second astronaut and its first flying as a representative of the European Space Agency.

 THE MARTIAN – A love letter to scienceSpaceflight takes a look behind the scenes of the latest space film, hailed by NASA as a great inspiration for the effort to get humans to the Red Planet, and finds out what it takes a make a big screen movie of this kind.

Apollo astronauts return to Iceland
It was just one place they came to learn geology before going to the Moon but Apollo astronauts have a special regard for the hospitality and sheer ruggedness of this island in the Atlantic Ocean, as Ken MacTaggart reports. -

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2015/spaceflight-vol-57-no-12-december-2015/
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Spaceflight Vol 58 No 02 – February 2016

A Cygnus takes flight
The US logistical supply chain to the International Space Station is back on track, courtesy of an Atlas launch vehicle.

Planning for the Unthinkable
Timothy Braithwaite and astronaut Robert Thirsk explore the product of their work to make space flight safer, preparing for contingencies and anticipating unpredictable flaws.

Armstrong’s Moon Cardiac Scare
Dr William Rowe explains the results of his work on potential cardiac threats to human performance in the lunar environment, with alarming conclusions about Apollo 11.

Orion gets a makeover
The Editor takes a look at Orion modifications to reduce work load and improve performance. Plus, we reveal the trajectory for the next unmanned mission.

European Service Module on its way
David Todd reports on developments with the ESM for the next Orion flight in 2018 and speculates on the importance of this work to Europe’s space industry.

SLS – A Giant Rocket for big jobs
With significant milestones now being reached on the Space Launch System, David Todd reports on growing interest in possible missions.

Flying Machines in Naked Glory
Dwayne Day took his camera along to the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, and caught some iconic hardware in the process of restoration.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-02-february-2016/
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Post by: clongton on 01/19/2016 11:59 pm
I would love some really good shots of the interior if you can manage it. I am trying to create a large scale model of the LM with a detailed cockpit.
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Post by: the_other_Doug on 01/23/2016 03:37 am
I would love some really good shots of the interior if you can manage it. I am trying to create a large scale model of the LM with a detailed cockpit.

Try the following links I posted in another thread here in the historical section to the LM close-out pictures of LMs 6, 10, 11 and 12:


For Apollo 12's LM-6, Intrepid:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12LMCloseOutPhotos.html (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12LMCloseOutPhotos.html)

For Apollo 15's LM-10, Falcon:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15LMCloseOutPhotos.html (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15LMCloseOutPhotos.html)

For Apollo 16's LM-11, Orion:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/a16LMCloseOutPhotos.html (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/a16LMCloseOutPhotos.html)

For Apollo 17's LM-12, Challenger:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17LMCloseOutPhotos.html (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17LMCloseOutPhotos.html)


These are extremely high-resolution pictures of pretty much the entire interior of each LM cabin, after all items were stowed, prior to final flight close-out.  There are some PDFs in there with detailed line drawings of each panel, as well.

Hope this helps!
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Post by: Blackstar on 01/23/2016 03:40 am
http://www.airspacemag.com/space/in-the-museum-nine-lives-apollo-moon-lander-180957781/?no-ist
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Post by: clongton on 01/24/2016 01:05 am
the_other_Doug and Blackstar - awesome!
Thank you very much :)
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Spaceflight Vol 58 No 04 – April 2016

The Men from MOL
Rowland White shares with Spaceflight the story of the astronauts who migrated from the Manned Orbiting Laboratory to NASA and trained for long duration flights before participating in Shuttle missions.

Settlement of Mars: is it possible?
Stephen Ashworth appeals for a combined government/commercial partnership to extend the human presence to Mars and populate the first settlements on Earth’s nearest, habitable planet.

ExoMars Countdown
The launch of ESA’s 2016 ExoMars mission is imminent and we describe the activities at Baikonur as teams from across Europe prepare it for departure on a Proton rocket.

Which way to Mars, please?
With development of the Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket moving toward a first flight in a little over two years from now, just what are the options for NASA as it sets its sights on Mars?

Icarus Designs – Part 1
Peter Milne gives us an update on progress with Project Icarus and explains two of the four options available for the design team, given the revised specification from Daedalus.

NASA’s Lost Boilerplate
Eddie Pugh tells the fascinating story of a boilerplate Apollo Command Module which went AWOL in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, recovered by the Russians and returned to its owner!

Saturn/Apollo to Venus via Mars
Spaceflight Editor David Baker describes a little publicised proposal to use a combination of Apollo hardware to send astronauts to the nearest planets on long duration fly-by missions.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-04-april-2016/
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Spaceflight Vol 58 No 05 – May 2016

Expeditions to Mars
The blueprint for getting humans to Mars has not yet been written but the options are narrowing. Just how soon the preparatory steps will be taken is the focus of this review of NASA’s plans for a reconnaissance mission to Phobos before landings on the Red Planet. We also discuss the method selected for getting there.

A heart to heart
Physician Dr William J. Rowe takes issue with NASA about the effects of weightlessness on the ability of the human body to adapt to challenging conditions during long duration space flight and on the effects that have already been observed on astronauts from the Apollo era.

An Infrared eye on the Universe
It’s been a long time coming but the flight of the James Webb Space Telescope is now only two years away. As the hardware comes together and the observatory nears assembly, we take a look at this extraordinary endeavour to build the biggest space observatory to date.

Visions of Space
Chris Starr has assembled a stellar group of space artists from the UK and abroad to reveal some of the outstanding artworks gathered together for the space art exhibition at Wells, Somerset, in November 2015.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-05-may-2016/
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Spaceflight Vol 58 No 06 – June 2016

Utilising Resources
Nick Spall discusses the thorny issue of accessing the mineral resources of the solar system and reviews the many legal, ethical and moral questions raised by extending our propensity to outgrow our place on Earth by supplementing depleting resources through scavenging other worlds.

A Vanishing Era
Joel Powell has watched the changing Cape Canaveral landscape for many decades and brings a disturbing tale of wanton abandonment as launch pads and block houses are erased for ever in the conversion of the area as a new age in space activity brings different rockets to Florida.

The Cosmonauts challenge
Ian Blatchford and Dr Natalia Sidlina provide a revealing insight to the extraordinary effort required to bring an unprecedented range of Russian space hardware to the Science Museum in London, our tribute to an outstanding exhibition, remembered through a special photographic visit by Bob Christy.

Kettering and the Plesetsk site
Mike Sinnett of the Kettering Group recalls the time when British amateurs, still at school, provided unparalleled detail on the activities of the Soviet space programme and reports on a historic reunion at a very special birthday celebration.

Saturn V F-1 parts retrieved
The UK’s greatest authority on the Saturn V, rocket engineer Alan Lawrie describes the recovery of key sections of F-1 engines from the ocean floor off Cape Canaveral, testimony to the world’s largest successful launch vehicle and now an iconic representation of the “golden age” of space exploration.


http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-06-june-2016/
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Spaceflight Vol 58 No 07 – July 2016

The Overview Effect
What is it that draws astronauts to gaze at the Earth? Psychologists are just beginning to study the effect of looking at our home planet and whether it is more important to our well-being than merely existing as place to live in.

Farewell Messenger
Launched almost 13 years ago, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft is a triumph of spacecraft engineering and a landmark in planetary exploration, becoming the first to orbit Mercury. We take a look at its accomplishments as we say farewell.

M for Monster
Space historian Dwayne Day opens the files on a cryogenic rocket motor which could have powered advanced versions of the Saturn rocket to found out why it never flew.

SpaceX takes NAA to Mars!
The US space agency has signed a deal with SpaceX to support a Dragon mission to Mars in 2018, a key step to putting humans on the Red Planet.

MOL/DORIAN Files Opened
Dr Neil Da Costa reports on another tranche of previously classified documents on the history of one of the most publicized spy satellites of all time and explores why it never got off the ground.

Higher and Faster – The Evolution of Rocket Planes
Michel van Pelt tracks the background to the developing story of rocket planes and connects a very old marriage to the possibilities for rocket flight in the future.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-07-july-2016/
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Post by: Blackstar on 06/07/2016 08:00 pm
I posted some stuff here in NSF awhile back about the M-1 engine. My article is in the current issue.

To be honest, I never knew about that engine. A few years ago I was in the NASA HQ history archives looking for stuff on the F-1 engine (one of my interests is the studies of upgraded engines performed after the F-1A--I know that there were several, but information on them is hard to come by). Next to the F-1 file was a thick file on the M-1, which surprised me because I didn't know about it. I opened the file and discovered lots of photographs of hardware, test stands, and so on. I assumed that this would have simply been a paper study, but they were actually doing hardware tests and starting to spend a lot of money when the program was shut down. The M-1 was a proposed second stage for the Nova, then the Saturn V and also a possible first stage engine for a very large rocket.
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Post by: the_other_Doug on 06/08/2016 12:02 am
Yes -- the M-1 was an incredible concept for its time, and it, much more than a cluster of eight F-1 engines, would have been the key to fielding a Nova-class rocket capable of an Apollo Direct Ascent profile, what with the tendency for spacecraft to gain weight during development.

They got through test-firing an M-1 combustion chamber a few times, right?  I wish they had test-fired a complete engine.  That would have been something to see, approaching the power of the F-1 itself...
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Post by: Blackstar on 06/08/2016 01:56 am
1-They got through test-firing an M-1 combustion chamber a few times, right?

2-I wish they had test-fired a complete engine.  That would have been something to see, approaching the power of the F-1 itself...

1-No. Only turbopump tests.

2-I think they were about two years from a full test when the program was canceled. However, that was a little tough to determine from the available documentation. There are some good records, but the problem for me was determining the planned schedule as opposed to what was really happening. They had a schedule based upon full funding, but they were not getting full funding, so that was slipping.

But... one thing that impressed me was that this was a real program, not simply a paper program. The contractor had already built several big test stands, and was starting construction on others, when the program got canceled. It was a development effort as big as the F-1, but cut short.

The M-1 was in some ways an easy kill: it was not necessary considering that NASA's plans were being scaled back by the mid-1960s. It was too much engine for any conceivable requirement.
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Post by: Magic on 06/12/2016 06:44 pm
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?
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Post by: Blackstar on 06/13/2016 03:34 pm
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?

No, I gave up on that. BIS has a lousy web presence and they don't put the journal on the internet. That really restricts the audience. Also, their stuff has stopped showing up in reference collections and elsewhere. For all intents and purposes JBIS does not exist.

Also, we get very little feedback in this field. Nobody really seems to care. So it's difficult to develop enthusiasm to do the work when there's no indication that it is appreciated or even read. I still write military space history articles, but I don't have the ambition to try to put together special journal editions on them anymore.
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Post by: jacqmans on 07/19/2016 01:02 pm
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 08 – August 2016

Bigelow’s expanded space
Gerard van de Haar and L. van den Abeelen report on the expansive plans of a billionaire’s dream to empower the drive for deep-space exploration through the use of compact, expandable structures rather than rigid modules.

Stellar performance!
Tim Peake returned home on 18 June. We take a look at the busy schedule during his six months in space and identify the milestones from launch to landing, also looking at the challenges of returning to Earth.

Tim Peake – the man
What kind of man is Tim Peake and what has it taken for him to become Britain’s first ESA astronaut? We reflect on his rise to fame and define why he has done this and how.

The Science of Principia
Tim Peake’s mission carried a lot of science and arguably the most directly relevant to people on Earth are the medical experiments and scientific studies into human physiology and psychology he conducted.

Celebrating a 25th!
Helen Sharman was the star guest at a gathering of cosmonauts in London to remember the first British astronaut and the mission which very nearly didn’t happen.

Soviet/Chinese Technical Forum
Dave Shayler recounts the 36th gathering of specialists and experts on space activities of the former Soviet bloc and on China’s emerging programme, a record attendance for an established BIS event.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-08-august-2016/
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Post by: Star One on 07/19/2016 01:04 pm
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?

No, I gave up on that. BIS has a lousy web presence and they don't put the journal on the internet. That really restricts the audience. Also, their stuff has stopped showing up in reference collections and elsewhere. For all intents and purposes JBIS does not exist.

Also, we get very little feedback in this field. Nobody really seems to care. So it's difficult to develop enthusiasm to do the work when there's no indication that it is appreciated or even read. I still write military space history articles, but I don't have the ambition to try to put together special journal editions on them anymore.

I would have thought that's because such publications are for members only not the wider public.
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Post by: Blackstar on 07/22/2016 03:41 am
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?

No, I gave up on that. BIS has a lousy web presence and they don't put the journal on the internet. That really restricts the audience. Also, their stuff has stopped showing up in reference collections and elsewhere. For all intents and purposes JBIS does not exist.

Also, we get very little feedback in this field. Nobody really seems to care. So it's difficult to develop enthusiasm to do the work when there's no indication that it is appreciated or even read. I still write military space history articles, but I don't have the ambition to try to put together special journal editions on them anymore.

I would have thought that's because such publications are for members only not the wider public.

The journal also used to go to libraries, but many of them stopped carrying it. BIS really needs to put their publications online. At one time it used to be that writing for them actually was prestigious and meant something. But that is no longer true. And the reality is that somebody can shove an article based entirely upon a half dozen books onto a blog and people will think it is great, and it will get thousands of views, while heavily researched stuff does not get seen because BIS has lousy web presence.

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Post by: jacqmans on 08/08/2016 06:30 pm
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 09 – September 2016


The RAF’s Thor Sites
John Boyes follows up his latest book on the British deployment of the Thor missile with a summary of the choices available supporting a deployment which was at best a short-lived political move.

ESA head aims for innovation
David Todd interviewed ESA Director-General Johann-Dietrich Woerner to seek his views on a range of critical issues as a challenging period ahead brings questions concerning direction and future policy.

Humans in Space and Chemical Risks to Health
A government expert on health issues, Dr John R. Cain explores the many ways in which future space explorers should manage health risk and about the chemical cocktails that could threaten life.

Peake reflections
On returning to Europe after his historic six-months in space between December 2015 and June 2016, UK astronaut Tim Peake speaks about his memorable stay aboard the ISS.

BRICS in Space
Spaceflight contributor Gurbir Singh reports on a unique and progressive organisation which brings together a group of space-faring countries to pool assets for civilian applications and asks whether this could be a model for the future.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-09-september-2016/
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Post by: jacqmans on 09/12/2016 09:32 am
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 10 – October 2016


Controlling Exposure to Deadly Martian Microbes

People are dead set on going to Mars. Dr John Cain provides the last of his two articles examining the risks inherent in deep-space exploration with an examination of the possible dangers from working on the surface of the Red Planet. Can extremophiles from other worlds threaten human life – all of it?

Spacefest 7

Chris Starr attended the seventh Spacefest event this year at Tucson, Arizona, 9-12 June and reflects on a gathering of all the “greats” in the world of space together with astronauts, historians, artists and writers of science fact and science fiction.

Spaceflight at 60 Special!

Introduction

Roots of Ownership – the origins of the BIS and the Journal

Spaceflight Rising – the story of the magazine’s history

Spaceflight and me – David Hardy on what Spaceflight meant to him

Memories – Clive Simpson on his association with the BIS and Spaceflight

Regular Features

News Analysis – Space action at Farnborough

A Letter from the Editor

Briefing notes – news shorts from around the world

ISS Report – 16 July-15 August 2016

Flashback – A regular feature looking back 50 years ago this month

Satellite Digest – 525 July 2016

Society News – The BIS Space Conference - A Labour of Love - The Society’s 71st AGM - Removing Debris - The Sokol Spacesuit

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-10-october-2016/
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Post by: jacqmans on 10/10/2016 02:06 pm
Spaceflight vol 58 No 11 – November 2016

Give me SPACE!
Gerard van de Haar reviews the candidate concepts for NASA’s NextStep-2 technology competition em-bracing potential habitation modules for supporting deep-space exploration. He also explains how NASA is already conducting tests with simulated isolation experiments using volunteers.

Skylark at Heritage Museum
Robin Brand describes a visit to the new museum heralding the aerospace achievements of Bristol’s associated industry and explains how the Skylark rocket will be a prominent feature of the displays.

Britain’s Space Shuttle
Dan Sharp previews publication of his book on British attempts to build a reusable shuttlecraft with an over-view of an impressive and little-known project which failed on the altar of political indecision and vacilla-tion, leaving the Americans, impressed with the British work, to pick up the challenge.

Science by spaceplane
Vladmir Pletser of the Suborbital Research Association is pushing hard to get space tourism married to real scientific research and to guide the use of suborbital flying machines into the hands of investigators and ex-perimenters seeking a middle road between sounding rockets and satellites.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-11-november-2016/
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Post by: Phil Stooke on 10/10/2016 02:22 pm
"I would have thought that's because such publications are for members only not the wider public."

That is true... and that approach was sensible a few decades ago, but it is absolutely useless today.  The Planetary Society would be nothing if all it did was mail its Planetary Report out to members, but it has a huge audience online and the influence which comes from that.
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Post by: Star One on 10/10/2016 03:04 pm
"I would have thought that's because such publications are for members only not the wider public."

That is true... and that approach was sensible a few decades ago, but it is absolutely useless today.  The Planetary Society would be nothing if all it did was mail its Planetary Report out to members, but it has a huge audience online and the influence which comes from that.

But they sell that publication as part of its subscription so it might be related to that perhaps.
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Post by: Blackstar on 10/10/2016 10:34 pm
"I would have thought that's because such publications are for members only not the wider public."

That is true... and that approach was sensible a few decades ago, but it is absolutely useless today.  The Planetary Society would be nothing if all it did was mail its Planetary Report out to members, but it has a huge audience online and the influence which comes from that.

But they sell that publication as part of its subscription so it might be related to that perhaps.

Yeah, it's related, but Phil is right about The Planetary Society as well--TPS has bloggers who make The Planetary Society visible and timely. Plus, Bill Nye is always out in public, using his fame to promote TPS (a friend who works with him says that Nye has always been a trooper; if they ask him to go promote TPS he will do so).

BIS could really benefit from a well-known science celebrity helping to publicize them. But you have to have one who is really willing to work it, and that's rare.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Stellvia on 10/10/2016 11:59 pm
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?

No, I gave up on that. BIS has a lousy web presence and they don't put the journal on the internet. That really restricts the audience. Also, their stuff has stopped showing up in reference collections and elsewhere. For all intents and purposes JBIS does not exist.

Also, we get very little feedback in this field. Nobody really seems to care. So it's difficult to develop enthusiasm to do the work when there's no indication that it is appreciated or even read. I still write military space history articles, but I don't have the ambition to try to put together special journal editions on them anymore.

I would have thought that's because such publications are for members only not the wider public.

The journal also used to go to libraries, but many of them stopped carrying it. BIS really needs to put their publications online. At one time it used to be that writing for them actually was prestigious and meant something. But that is no longer true. And the reality is that somebody can shove an article based entirely upon a half dozen books onto a blog and people will think it is great, and it will get thousands of views, while heavily researched stuff does not get seen because BIS has lousy web presence.

Hi, I'm deputy editor and webmaster for JBIS.

The journal website at http://www.jbis.org.uk/ is something I put together myself after being handed a stack of several hundred PDFs and being told to "put them online". It's... not great, I'll freely admit, but it does provide online access to papers from 1999-2016. There is an improved JBIS website in the works, and plans (and equipment) to scan all the JBIS back catalogue from 1934 onwards.

We're aware of the problems with library collections, science citation indexes etc. and we're working on them, but it will take a while. The main issue is lack of resources (financial and human). The online presence is an unfunded volunteer effort, and none of us are professional designers (I know, it shows...).

Constructive comments are welcomed. I'm not in charge of the "lousy web presence" of the BIS main site at http://www.bis-space.com/ but I know the guy who is, and I'll pass on any comments.

As far as 'Cold War Military Space History' is concerned, I will raise that specifically with BIS management.
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Post by: gwiz on 10/11/2016 10:42 am
Well, the Spaceflight editor has just published a book on the subject, so there ought to be interest.
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Post by: Flying Spaghetti Monster on 10/30/2016 08:02 pm
I would not despair, for as time progresses new articles and papers get published (whether on-line, or in hard copy periodicals) on a wide variety of subjects and topics relating to US and Russian (as well as other nations') space exploration history and about historiographical modes and methods--it's just a matter of patience.  Whether in European, Asian, or North American publications. 

Coming in 2017, there should be some new published materials appearing in BIS-linked publications on "Cold War Military Space History"....it's a good bet, based on on-going trends.  Both US, and Russian, efforts.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: apogeeperigee on 11/03/2016 09:47 am
I am looking for a specific article that I am told was in an old edition of Spaceflight, focusing on the Astronaut Support Crews during Apollo.  Does anyone know of this?  Does anyone know the title of it at least?

Thanks all!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 11/07/2016 03:38 pm
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 12 – December 2016


The Eyes Have It!
Added to multiple concerns about the health risks of long duration weightlessness, evidence is now growing that long-term and sometimes permanent damage to the ocular system is being seen as astronauts spend more time in space.

Mexico hosts IAC 2016
David Todd sampled the mood at the 67th International Astronautical Congress and reports for Spaceflight on the atmosphere at this annual gathering of space officials, dignitaries and personalities.

Musk on Mars
Following in the tradition of some of the great space visionaries of the past, Elon Musk has outlined a grand plan for colonisation of Mars and envisages vast fleets of giant space liners to achieve his dream.

What future for human space flight?
Nick Spall previews the key decisions vital for sustained commitment to UK participation in human space flight coming up at the Ministerial meeting in Europe in December.

America’s First Rocket Company
Celebrated space historian Frank H. Winter remembers the 75th anniversary of Reaction Motors Incorporated, the first US rocket company.

New Paths to Mars
Andrew Jackson reports on the 19th annual conference of the Mars Society in Washington DC and reflects on the various proposals discussed.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-12-december-2016/
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Post by: jacqmans on 12/13/2016 11:20 am
Spaceflight Vol 59 No 01 – January 2017

Trump on Space
With the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the USA and an all-Republican Congress, the Editor looks at prospects for the space programme under the new administration

ISS Rescoped
The Russians are downsizing their presence on the ISS so how does the manifest look for 2017?

To Mars via HoloLens
Buzz Aldrin has helped launch a new virtual experience at the Kennedy Space Center. Is this the way for Earthlings to experience Mars?

Webb Telescope optics complete!
With two years to go before launch, the mirror is complete on the world’s biggest space telescope.

German women for space
The search is on to find the first woman astronaut from Germany, with finalists vying for a seat on a Soyuz.

The Big One is Coming!
With increasing attention to the risk from Near Earth Objects, just how is the impact probability assessed?

Massimino on the Road
Rick Mulheirn caught up with retired astronaut Mike Massimino to find out what motivates him and what he is planning to do now.

Icarus Spacecraft Designs – Part 2
Peter Milne brings us up to date with continuing activity on starship studies with coverage of Resolution, Zeus and IDD designs.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-01-january-2017/
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Post by: Blackstar on 01/07/2017 01:03 pm
Bigger version of the cover.

I have an article about JWST testing in the March issue, which was submitted back in early December before the vibration testing problem was revealed. So there might be a couple of things I refer to in the past tense that might be a bit premature. You know, wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey...
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Post by: jacqmans on 01/09/2017 12:47 pm
Spaceflight Vol 59 No 02 – February 2017


German female astronauts
Having introduced the competition to find Germany’s first woman astronaut in last month’s issue of Spaceflight, Tony Quine now provides brief biographical details on the candidates.

Remembering Apollo 1
Fifty years on from America’s first catastrophe in a manned spacecraft, the Editor looks again at the tragic circum-stances which led to the loss of three astronauts and to the wider repercussions.

Humans in Space – an Update
In this age of political convulsions Spaceflight reviews the changes and the challenges now facing protagonists of human space missions and asks whether it is not time to renew links with the commercial world.

STRAWMAN – The Deep Black Signals Intelligence Satellite
Intelligence analyst and specialist Dwayne Day opens the books on a class of satellite which served both tactical and strategic interests during the chilly days of the Cold War.

Volker Lieberg
Renowned Belgian space historian and archivist Theo Pirard speaks with the outgoing head of ESA’s Earth observa-tion satellite programmes and discusses the development of the integrated pan-European programme.


http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-02-february-2017/
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Post by: jacqmans on 02/21/2017 11:40 am
Spaceflight Vol 59 No 03 – March 2017


Region in a future Mars colony?
Konrad Szocik examines whether a permanently isolated colony on Mars will choose to have a religion based upon new and reconsidered philosophy of purpose, or whether the conventions of Earth-based colonisation will no longer apply.

Rosetta - Ice and origins
New studies of the Rosetta mission reveal high quantities of carbon dioxide ice while other researchers place the origin of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in the outer reaches of the solar system where the Kuiper belt resides.

The Kelly Twins
Rick Mulheirn takes the Kelly Twins in hand and describes an evening in which they discuss all aspects of their space activities at another stunning Space Lectures event.

Where no bullets fly
Spaceflight takes a look at the threats to civilian satellites from a diversification of intelligence gathering assets now providing instant information overlain with sensory data from ordinary citizens as they go about their daily lives.

Gold plated monster – JWST nears completion
Dwayne A. Day took time to check out the latest assembly and test stages for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center, finding it entering the next phase of tests.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-03-march-2017/
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Post by: Blackstar on 02/21/2017 04:00 pm
Gold plated monster – JWST nears completion
Dwayne A. Day took time to check out the latest assembly and test stages for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center, finding it entering the next phase of tests.

The perils of long lead-times...

I wrote that back in December and got page proofs on it almost immediately. They were locking down the issue then (normally, they would lock March down in late January). So it includes some statements about the planned move of the JWST hardware. The mirror assembly would normally be getting ready to ship down to Houston about now.

Unfortunately, they ran into a problem during testing in early December. Even now, February 21, the mirror assembly is not back in the clean room:

https://jwst.nasa.gov/webcam.html

So my article mentions a move that has not yet happened, but will probably take place in the next six weeks or so.
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Post by: jacqmans on 03/25/2017 09:07 am
Spaceflight Vol 59 No 04 – April 2017


The birth of Cape Canaveral
Joel W. Powell has long had an interest in the origins and development of the Cape Canaveral facilities and again shares with us another chapter in the history of this remarkable place, from where the first US satellites were launched and from where early rocket tests took place.

Modelling the ISS
Keith McNeill shares with us his extraordinary effort at building a model of the International Space Station. Combined with masterful skills at making miniature modules and trusses, Keith brings great talent to bear with his photographic expertise.

ESA’s spaceplane at T+25 years
Luc van den Abeelen looks back to European aspirations for an autonomous spaceplane capable of carrying astronauts into space and conducting research experiments in microgravity conditions, re-examining the Hermes programme and its many vicissitudes.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-04-april-2017/
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Post by: Blackstar on 03/25/2017 01:06 pm
The images of the model of the ISS are pretty impressive.
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Post by: Hog on 03/26/2017 03:27 pm
The images of the model of the ISS are pretty impressive.
Impressive enough to give a "like"?
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Post by: jacqmans on 04/21/2017 02:50 pm
Spaceflight Vol 59 No 05 – May 2017


NASA’s latest women astronauts
Dr Neil Da Costa begins our special selection of features about women in space with a review of the four women astronauts selected in 2013 but who became eligible for flight assignment in 2015. They were part of the first group chosen by NASA equally divided in number between men and women.

German Female Astronaut Initiative
Tony Quine tracks the continuing activity to find a single candidate for sending a German woman astronaut to space, with the six finalists now waiting for the next phase of the competition.

Hidden Figures
Robin Tucker reports on the film “Hidden Figures” and the aspirational use of the story about African-American women in NASA’s Mercury programme. Used by 20th Century Fox to encourage more girls to select STEM subjects for school and university, Robin shows how simulating stories such as this can have a very real motivational effect.

Speedmaster for space!
Philip Corneille makes a welcome return to Spaceflight, bringing us the fascinating story of Omega, space-rated watches and the unique, but largely ignored part they play in the story of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo mis-sions.

UK Space on the Up
Co-founder of Nebula Sciences Ltd, Samuel Harrison provides an insightful reflection on the progress being made to place the UK at the very centre of international space activities through its science and engineering teams across the country.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-05-may-2017/
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Post by: jacqmans on 05/17/2017 09:50 am
Spaceflight Vol 59 No 06 – June 2017


Blue Origin: Star Trek Reality
Gerard van der Haar and Luc van den Abeelen get inside the secretive Blue Origin company and dig deep into the aspirations of founder Jeff Bezos to explain his long-term plans and new launch vehicles.

Lunar Mission One
Some 45 years after the most recent human footprints were left on the Moon, plans are under way to send robot-ic surveyors to the lunar surface – and a personal digital box! Founder David Irons explains.

Cruising the Kuiper Belt
With a breath-taking fly-by of Pluto behind them, mission planners are targeting the New Horizons spacecraft for more encounters to come as it cruises deeper into this enigmatic region of the solar system.

Revelations from Rosetta
The comet has gone and with it further operations with the Rosetta spacecraft and the Philae lander but scientists are getting to grips with a fascinating story of change on the surface of a transient visitor.

TRAPPIST-1: Destination or Deceiver?
The recent announcement that there is a family of planets around the star TRAPPIST-1 sent speculation soaring that a mini solar system might harbour life. But all is not as it might at first seem.

Expeditions to the Outer Planets
Interest is growing in the role played by Uranus and Neptune as the dramatic part they played in organising the structure of our solar system becomes clearer, with some scientists calling for new missions.

Gateways to Mars?
NASA has an objective to send humans to Mars, but no plan. Commercial launch providers have a plan to provide rockets which could do that without taxpayer’s dollars. Do we just need to get the two together?

The Next Voyage of Columbia
Dwayne Day brings us up to date with restoration work on the Apollo 11 Command Module and gives a foretaste of a celebratory tour to come.

“Scooter” on stage
Rick Mulheirn was with astronaut Scott Altman on his recent visit to the UK and with with him and his wife to re-flect on a glittering career.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-06-june-2017/
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Spaceflight Vol 59 No 07 – July 2017

NASA’s Roadmap to Mars: Stepping stones or stumbling blocks
After many years of deliberation and hardware development to acquire a deep space capability leading to putting humans on Mars, NASA has a map for how it will get humans to the Red Planet by the mid-2030s.

Space Launch System Evolves
Now little more than two years away from its first flight, we look at the current state of development with what will become the world’s most powerful launch vehicle and assess how progress is being made against some chal-lenging obstacles.

Hubble Space Telescope and the Shuttle: Advanced Satellite Servicing
Christopher Gainor FBIS takes time out from his work as one of a team under contract to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for an official history of the HST to tell us about the challenges of servicing the giant telescope.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-07-july-2017/
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Post by: jacqmans on 06/10/2017 04:55 pm
Cover

The cover photo was taken by me (Jacques van Oene)  8)
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Post by: jacqmans on 07/17/2017 12:06 pm
Spaceflight Vol 59 No 08 – August 2017

The Global Space Industry
In response to questions about the cost of space programmes and the benefits that accrue, Spaceflight introduces a new periodic feature called FACTCHECKER, which will address a specific issue in contention and attempt to find out the truth behind the headlines.

China’s First Space Station Plans
Renowned analyst of Russian and Chinese space missions, trajectories and projections, Phillip Clark examines the build-up to China’s first major space station complex and explains the various elements which will go into its as-sembly.

Women first?
Recent studies of physiological reactions to long duration space flight reveals that women are better equipped to survive the trip than men. Why is this so and what are the implications for protection from prohibitively high levels of radiation?

Stations in LEO – and beyond
In the second part of a two-part examination of future plans for human space flight goals in the next decade or so, we examine the options for maintaining stations in Earth orbit and for placing new facilities around the Moon.

Genetic gifts and a Mars mission
William Rowe MD looks at challenges faced by humans on flights to Mars and asks whether we have learned any-thing at all from the Moon missions of the Apollo era.

Talking to Icarus
Peter Milne takes time from his work on the Icarus interstellar study to report on challenges to communicating with space probes at our nearest stellar neighbours.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-08-august-2017/
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Spaceflight Vol 59 No 09 – September 2017

Living with the Legend
Author of the seminal work on NASA’s Space Shuttle, Dennis Jenkins describes how he came to follow the programme through work and, as a genuine enthusiast, create the massive three-volume history of its
design evolution and engineering.

An icon immortalised
Laurence Withers recounts a visit to the Kennedy Space Center where he missed a launch and came across the Space Shuttle Atlantis, more by mistake than by pre-planning, to impress and astound with its display of space artefacts.

Evaluating Mars Programme Designs
Stephen Ashworth has a particular view on Mars missions and judges a range of potential expeditionary modes to comment on the architecture being discussed by government agencies and commercial providers alike.

Successful Orion Abort Motor Test
Space historian and lecturer Joel Powell motored across to Utah to feel the power of the Orion abort motor, which was tested for the first time on 15 June.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-09-september-2017/
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Spaceflight Vol 59 No 10 – October 2017

A Target for Icarus
Peter Milne continues his occasional series on the Icarus interstellar project with a description of the evolving work to find a suitable destination for the spacecraft, finding several options but only one
preferred target.

“Houston, this is Honeysuckle…”
A veteran of more space missions than most people can remember, Hamish Lindsay describes the vital role played by Australia’s tracking stations during manned and unmanned flights, including personal
memories of the Honeysuckle Creek facility.

New Horizons for Space Modellers
Spaceflight asked Tony Radosevic to describe the motivation behind his new range of model kits depicting early launch vehicles, ICBMs and spacecraft and to tell us what he envisaged for the future of his
company in Australia.

Cassini - The Grand Finale 1: Steps onto the stage A historic mission is coming to an end and, in the first of a three-part series, Spaceflight looks back 20 years to the origins and extraordinary accomplishments of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, a triumph for international cooperation.

Visions of Space Revisited
Chris Starr played a major role in gathering together a stellar range of space art and speakers at Wells Museum during June and presents just some of the remarkable range of subjects and talent on display.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-10-october-2017/
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Post by: LtCmdr on 09/15/2017 10:31 am
Spaceflight magazine remains the only easily obtainable publication for space enthusiasts worldwide.
Most of us do hope they will bring out a yearly DVD with the digital .pdf versions of all magazines since 1956, as Sky & Telescope did with their astronomy magazine from 1941 to 2017
 ;)
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Post by: Blackstar on 09/15/2017 03:18 pm
Spaceflight magazine remains the only easily obtainable publication for space enthusiasts worldwide.
Most of us do hope they will bring out a yearly DVD with the digital .pdf versions of all magazines since 1956, as Sky & Telescope did with their astronomy magazine from 1941 to 2017
 ;)

I too am hoping for a pdf archive of their magazines. I wrote a lot of articles for them between the mid-1990s up until relatively recently. For personal reasons, I'd love to have copies of the older issues with my articles, because I'd like to create an archive of them.

I don't know if they have done anything to scan old issues. They've only been producing pdf copies for less than a decade.
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Post by: ralphyke on 09/17/2017 01:32 pm
As someone involved with the operations at the BIS, I'm happy to tell you that we are scanning Spaceflight magazine started back from the beginning.  With the help of Grif, it's becoming a lot easier.  We will also put together an annual version of PDFs, available as downloads.  Thanks for all the suggestions.

Ralph
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Post by: jacqmans on 11/07/2017 12:54 pm
Spaceflight Vol 59 No 11 – November 2017



Sizing launch vehicles

Superlatives reign supreme when manufacturers and launch vehicle providers speak of their rockets but just what are the parameters that define, small, medium, heavy or super-heavy rockets? FACTCHECKER answers that question and asks just how do the claims add up?

Countdown to Falcon Heavy

SpaceX is getting set to fly its super-heavy rocket, as audacious in its goal as anything launched to date by this entrepreneurial company. We assess the challenge and the risk and rate it against competitors as Elon Musk boasts bold new objectives.

Thunder at the Cape

Fifty years ago, in November 1967, NASA took a giant leap forward with the launch of the world’s biggest rocket, the Saturn V. Spaceflight begins its “Apollo at 50” coverage with a report on this remarkable event and provides detailed parametric information about the flight itself.

Navigating the Solar System

Charley Kohlhase reflects on a life supporting deep-space navigation.  Kohlhase was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 2003 for an outstanding career of mission design achievements from the Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Cassini planetary exploration programmes.

Saving the Geostationary Orbit

Stuart Eves, the lead mission concepts engineer at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, presents a disturbing view of physical forces first observed in the behaviour of asteroids to the life – and death – of geostationary satellites, posing explanations for their demise.
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Spaceflight Vol 59 No 12 – December 2017

Cassini - The Grand Finale 2: Big science
In the second of a three-part series covering the end of the historic Cassini mission to Saturn and the deployment of the Huygens probe to Titan, Spaceflight looks at the people who made it happen, how they forged a way of life and what the end of this mission means to them.

Elon Musk’s BFR
Having achieved success with its Falcon 9 rocket family, SpaceX is looking to junk it and develop a new launch system, sustainable in the short term and capable of going to Mars.

Mars Society votes for the Moon
Andrew Jackson reviews thoughts from the 20th Annual Convention and brings news that the Mars Society is inclined to support lunar landings as technology demonstration of the capabilities required to put humans on Mars.

Hopping around on Pluto
With excitement showing little sign of waning in the aftermath of the New Horizons fly-by of Pluto, proposals envisage orbiters and landers to following in the wake of this pioneer to the Kuiper Belt.

Base Camp – a terminus for Mars
Lockheed Martin has developed an architecture for Mars exploration involving all the essential elements embraced by NASA but with a radical approach to reaching the surface.

Crash-test Atlases
Historian Joel Powell digs out more hidden gems from the archives and discovered when a Ford Galaxy crashed into an Atlas rocket and survived!

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-12-december-2017/
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Spaceflight Vol 60 No 01 – January 2018

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Science for a Safer World
Chris Starr assesses the role of the Sentinel-2B satellite, part of the Copernicus programme, in helping to monitor the planet.

MOORE to Remember
Stuart Eves imagines M.O.O.R.E., a “virtual museum” where microsatellites provide “flythrough” visual scans of historic satellites.

Starship Troupers
 Patrick Mahon reports on the grand opening of i4is – Initiative for Interstellar Studies.

The launch of Apollo 5
 The Editor remembers the first flight of the Lunar Module in January 1968 and recalls what it was like behind the scenes during this often-overlooked milestone on the race to the Moon.

Monument to a Space Pioneer
 Alan Marlow visits a museum in Bavaria dedicated to pioneering rocketeer Hermann Oberth.

1917-2017 A Space Odyssey
As part of our centenary series commemorating the life of Arthur C. Clarke, Nick Spall reflects on mysteries real and imagined.
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Post by: Blackstar on 12/29/2017 12:42 pm
I've looked through it and the layout is very nice. They really improved the look of the magazine.
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Post by: jacqmans on 01/10/2018 10:27 am
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 02 – February 2018


Suits you sir!
Phillip Corneille looks at the Russian Orlan EVA suit and tracks the evolution of an innovative design that has changed little in concept but greatly in capability.

Remembering Arthur C Clarke
SpaceFlight asked BIS President Mark Hempsell, Alan Bond and Mat Irvine to reflect on the life of this great futurist, science fiction writer and polymath on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

MOL – the untold story
Dr John Charles visited the USAF Art Collection at the Pentagon and came away with an incisive view of how the Air Force saw potential applications for its military space stations.

Pluto – It’s complicated!
Regular contributor to SpaceFlight, Gerard van de Haar, summarises the outstanding results from the New Horizons mission to the most distant body in the solar system visited to date.

Lark ascending
Robin Brand, author of the most comprehensive history of the first British rocket to reach space, reports on the opening of an exhibition at the Science Museum in London dedicated to Skylark.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2018/spaceflight-vol-60-no-02-february-2018/
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Post by: jacqmans on 03/09/2018 10:29 am
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 03 – March 2018


Supernatural science
A new capability is coming to the International Space Station, courtesy of a cooperative endeavour between the partners to supplement existing research capabilities.

Read all about it!
DrJens Heide describes for us the dif culties encountered by German space enthusiasts as they struggled to get information about the space programme from behind the Iron Curtain.

Ariane 6 – bigger, better, cheaper
The European Space Agency is counting down to retiring the Ariane V heavy launcher in ve years and introducing its successor. SpaceFlight takes a long view and looks at far reaching decisions.

Into the blue
New launch vehicles are emerging from billionaire investors and now Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest entrepreneur is accelerating development of a launcher to challenge Ariane 6.

Hiding in plain sight
Alistair Scott decided that a talk on planetary science in distant star systems was so exciting it needed a fuller and more complete description than that covered in the initial report. We agreed.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2018/spaceflight-vol-60-no-03-march-2018/
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Post by: jacqmans on 03/09/2018 10:32 am
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 04 – April 2018

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It flies. But where to?
Falcon Heavy opens a new chapter in the evolution of big rockets but where does it sit within the existing inventory of heavy-lifters? And where is its ultimate market potential?

The trouble with Apollo 6
Launched 50 years ago on the second Saturn V, Apollo 6 came close to complete disaster yet emerged unscathed in its qualification for human space flight to deep-space destinations.

Time to fly
Contributor Philip Corneille winds back the clock to the dawn of the space age and describes the Bulova watches approved for space flight and selected for X-15 pilots and Mercury astronauts.

Heavy metal Psyche
A report on NASA’s fast-tracked mission to a metallic asteroid that may shed further light on the formation of the solar system.

Arthur. A very personal memoir
BIS President-elect Gerry Webb winds up SpaceFlight’s series of personal reflections on the life and impact of Arthur C Clarke with an evocation of his early connections with this legendary futurist.

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Post by: jacqmans on 05/01/2018 10:31 am
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 05 – May 2018


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Ways to go
Stephen Ashworth reports on a major seminar held by the British Interplanetary Society into issues regarding expeditions to Mars and the challenges likely to be faced by early settlers.

Hidden on the far side
Keith Wilson describes the impending launch of China’s latest robotic Moon mission – an ambitious double landing on the far side.

Route map to the stars
Contributor Peter Milne considers the challenges facing extra-solar navigation teams as they plan a mission to Alpha Centauri.

Is this our rendezvous with Rama?
In a connection to Arthur C. Clarke’s fictional encounter, Jordi Gutierrez describes the recent fly-by of a visitor from beyond the solar system.

Here’s to SPICE!
A little known activity at NASA/JPL is key to archiving software and datasets for mission analysis, as described by Charles H. Acton and Fabrizio Bernardini.

Kiwi Polish
New Zealand has become the latest country to launch a satellite from its own territory. Bob Evans takes a look behind the headlines.
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Post by: Blackstar on 05/01/2018 12:35 pm
The June issue will have an article by me on using a GAMBIT satellite to image Skylab.
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Post by: LtCmdr on 06/16/2018 03:38 pm
June issue has been available since May 5th
July issue is a bit late though  ???
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Post by: jacqmans on 07/02/2018 08:50 am
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 06 – June 2018

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2018/spaceflight-vol-60-no-06-june-2018/

Snark infested skies
Joel Powell looks into the troubled history of an early cruise missile which made contributions to the rocket and space programmes of the early days while being a dismal failure as a weapon.

And then there were four
Gerard van der Haar and Jacques van Oene describe the newly named launch vehicle from Orbital ATK, the fourth in a plethora of new rockets vying for customers.

Saving Skylab (the Top Secret way)
Dwayne A. Day looks into the recently declassified archives and finds a subtext to the remarkable rescue mission of the Skylab space station involving the GAMBIT spy satellite.

Unidentified flying object
Analyst and specialist in Russian and Chinese space programmes, Phillip S. Clark examines the objectives behind the flight of Cosmos 2519 and associated satellites.

Belts and Braces
New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern answers a frequently asked question as to why precursors to the outer planets and beyond failed to explore the Kuiper Belt.
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Post by: deruch on 07/03/2018 03:45 am
Unidentified flying object
Analyst and specialist in Russian and Chinese space programmes, Phillip S. Clark examines the objectives behind the flight of Cosmos 2519 and associated satellites.

Deserving of a highlight given the author.  Congrats, Phillip.
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Post by: Phillip Clark on 07/03/2018 06:24 am
Thank you for highlighting this.   Once Cosmos 2519 ends its current manoeuvres I will finalise the second article looking at the mission in 2018.

You can see my updates to the mission in the Kosmos 2519/2521/2523 thread in the "Russian Launches" section on here.
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Post by: jacqmans on 07/04/2018 06:27 pm
Unidentified flying object
Analyst and specialist in Russian and Chinese space programmes, Phillip S. Clark examines the objectives behind the flight of Cosmos 2519 and associated satellites.

Deserving of a highlight given the author.  Congrats, Phillip.

You did not highlight my name....🤔
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Post by: deruch on 07/11/2018 04:26 pm
Unidentified flying object
Analyst and specialist in Russian and Chinese space programmes, Phillip S. Clark examines the objectives behind the flight of Cosmos 2519 and associated satellites.

Deserving of a highlight given the author.  Congrats, Phillip.

You did not highlight my name....
Wow, 2 3 articles by NSF regulars in the same issue!  I totally missed that and it is of course equally deserving of highlight.  My lame excuse will have to be that I knew Phillip's article was going to be in an upcoming issue, so I was specifically watching for it but didn't know to expect yours as well (I haven't followed the OmegA threads closely, so if it was announced there I may have missed it).  And then I managed to read right past your name without recognition when skimming the contents list.  My apologies.  Such embarrassment.   :-[ :-[

Congrats Jacques!
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And then there were four
Gerard van der Haar and Jacques van Oene describe the newly named launch vehicle from Orbital ATK, the fourth in a plethora of new rockets vying for customers.
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Post by: Blackstar on 07/12/2018 01:18 am
Wow, 2 articles...

Uh, 3...
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Post by: deruch on 07/12/2018 10:12 am
The June issue will have an article by me on using a GAMBIT satellite to image Skylab.
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Saving Skylab (the Top Secret way)
Dwayne A. Day looks into the recently declassified archives and finds a subtext to the remarkable rescue mission of the Skylab space station involving the GAMBIT spy satellite.

Gee, I'm really tripping all over myself. :'(  I wouldn't have recognized your name on my own, but you did conveniently post that you had an article in this issue only a few comments above.  Well, at least this way you each get personalized, if somewhat belated in a few cases, congratulations.  Congrats, Blackstar! 
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Post by: Blackstar on 07/13/2018 06:02 pm
No worries. You should buy the issue. In fact, you should buy five of them: one to read, one to store for posterity, one to display on your coffee table, and two to give away as gifts. It's a beautiful-looking issue. So you really want it in your library.

(No. I don't get any money from them.)
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Post by: jacqmans on 07/24/2018 02:12 pm
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 07 – July 2018

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2018/spaceflight-vol-60-no-07-july-2018/

Along paths trod by Vikings
NASA’s InSIGHT Mars mission is off and running but how does it fit within the general pattern of Mars exploration and what can we expect of it, with its twin CubeSats designed to relay communications during the crucial descent?

Lost & Found
Dr Jim Clemmet explains how Beagle 2 came to be found residing apparently intact on the surface of Mars and how images from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have helped rewrite the final chapter of this so very nearly successful mission.

Prophet of the Space Age
Author of a seminal biography of the renowned space age publicist Willy Ley, Jared S Buss gets behind this sometimes enigmatic character and helps us understand how he planted the first seeds of expectation before Wernher von Braun picked up the baton.

Happy landings
Phillip S. Clark gives us another deeply insightful analysis of the Russian space programme and examines 135 Soyuz landing times and recovery conditions, providing data which can be useful in predicting future landings.
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Post by: jacqmans on 07/24/2018 02:13 pm
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 08 – August 2018

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To Russia with Love
Philip Corneille describes how Russia fell in love with an iconic Omega timepiece first worn by NASA astronauts.

A glimpse of the Cosmos
Nicholas Da Costa shows us around the refurbished Cosmos Pavilion – the Moscow museum for Russian space achievements.

Deadly Dust
The Editor looks back at results from the Apollo Moon landings and asks whether we are turning a blind eye to perils on the lunar surface.

Mapping the outer limits
SpaceFlight examines the latest findings concerning Charon, Pluto’s major satellite, using data sent back by NASA's New Horizons.

Peake Viewing
Rick Mulheirn comes face to face with Tim Peake’s Soyuz spacecraft and explains where this travelling display can be seen.

38th BIS Russia-Sino forum
Brian Harvey and Ken MacTaggart sum up the latest Society meeting dedicated to Russian and Chinese space activities.
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Post by: Nomadd on 07/24/2018 02:26 pm
 The perils of living in the boondocks? August is out and I just got July yesterday.
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Post by: Blackstar on 07/24/2018 11:15 pm
The perils of living in the boondocks? August is out and I just got July yesterday.

One of the things that Spaceflight has struggled with--and I don't know if they have succeeded yet--is offering material that is not dated. This is a problem for all print magazines. If you can read it on the internet in a day or two, then a magazine should not be writing about it a month or two later. That makes the magazine useless. Rather, the magazine should be offering articles that are not based upon new developments, but have a broader scope. History articles, policy articles, overall observational articles.
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Post by: LtCmdr on 08/03/2018 08:17 am
Well the August 2018 number has all of that... Looking forward to more of these Apollo anniversary issues !
 :D
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Post by: jacqmans on 08/17/2018 09:17 am
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 09 – September 2018

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NASA at 60: what does the future hold?
This month we devote 23 pages to the issues facing NASA as it celebrates 60 years in space.

Breaking up is hard to do
With the partners in the ISS about to celebrate 20 years of co-operation, we examine the options for NASA for managing its future use.

Supply v. Demand
There is a flaw in the assumptions made about privatised space stations: too much hardware, not enough users. The implications are sobering.

Staying around
Flight schedules for the Space Launch System have been revised, giving the Block 1 a much longer lease of life – and perhaps a permanent presence in the future launcher mix.

More than it seems
A look at how NASA is supporting a stimulating programme of near-Earth and deep-space missions to plug the gaps in our knowledge.

What's in a number?
How much does NASA cost the American taxpayer? Not a lot as it turns out…

Space meets STEM
ESERO-UK Space Ambassador Jo Richardson FRAS explains how a European-wide programme of information and stimulation is connecting young people with exciting careers in space
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Post by: jacqmans on 09/24/2018 02:09 pm
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 10 – October 2018

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2018/spaceflight-vol-60-no-10-october-2018/

Dr Parker’s Sun grazer
NASA has embarked upon a new and more intensive data collection project designed to gather information about our Sun through direct sampling and a close-up look – far closer than ever before.

Giant rockets: the third way
Seradata analyst David Todd gives us his overview of how NASA could have acquired a heavy-lifter a lot earlier and a whole lot cheaper, had it taken a different route.

First up: Apollo 7
Fifty years ago in October, NASA launched the first manned Apollo mission, long in the making and considerably changed from its original objective.

Getting there – the NLV project
Robin Brand reports from the BIS Technical Committee on the first phase of the Society’s Nanosat Launch Vehicle project and describes how that activity is progressing.

Behind the news
UK Space puts on a show
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Post by: jacqmans on 10/09/2018 12:23 pm
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 11 – November 2018

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2018/spaceflight-vol-60-no-11-november-2018/

So you want to be a Cosmonaut?
Tony Quine has been quietly following the latest recruitment drive for Russian cosmonauts with the help of Tatiana Drozhzhova, who provides an insightful description of what's involved in the selection process – more rigorous than any training programme in the West.

OK, so why don’t we just rent a rocket
The Editor considers the implications of two seminal announcements from SpaceX – that a Japanese billionaire has made a “substantial” down-payment for a circumlunar fly-by aboard the Big Falcon Rocket, and that CEO Gwynn Shotwell is offering to put weapons in space for the US military..

Rumble in the Jungle
Interplanetary podcast host Matt Russell visits the Kourou space complex in French Guiana. Currently providing launch facilities for ESA's Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega flights, the site will also support Vega-C from 2019 and Ariane 6, anticipated to be flying by 2020.

Apollo programmer
Reflecting on former MIT software whizz-kid Don Eyles’ recent book Sunburst and Luminary, Fabrizio Bernardini, FBIS explores the technology surrounding the Apollo Guidance Computer and its implications for our lives today.

Behind the news
US commercial astronauts named
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Post by: jacqmans on 11/16/2018 06:59 am
Spaceflight Vol 60 No 12 – December 2018

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2018/spaceflight-vol-60-no-12-december-2018/

Heading for the Heavens
Gurbir Singh reflects on India’s decision to place an astronaut in orbit. Coming off the back of stunning successes, is it driven by a sensible push to become only the fourth country to put a person in space – or just a cynical political move?

ISS2 – Building the Lunar Gateway
The Editor reviews current plans for assembling an orbital base point for future Moon exploration, and considers the different orbit options. But is the Gateway a genuinely critical step on the road to Mars, or merely a mirror of the ISS?

Shuttling to the Moon
On the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8's historic journey into lunar orbit, the Editor surveys the potential for exploiting lunar resources and describes Lockheed Martin's proposal for a lander that could provide logistics support.

A new age of Enlightenment [on Mars?]
Known to BIS members and many others for his incisive writing, Stephen Ashworth takes a look at the belief systems on Earth and considers their potential for adoption on Mars. What moral principles will guide the first colonists – and how might things change as Martian society evolves?

Behind the news
Poor quality control blamed for Soyuz failure
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Post by: jacqmans on 01/03/2019 09:10 am
SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 01 – January 2019


Where next for the IAC?
David Todd takes a tour around the annual International Astronautical Congress held in Bremen during early October 2018 and opines a view at variance with the message but endorsed by the non-attendance of certain dignitaries.

SLS: heavyweight challenger
On the back of his visit to the IAC, David Todd brings us up to date with NASA’s super-heavy launcher and posits the notion that while it seems set to fly within the next two years,it may have to cede ground to commercial contenders.

Back to the Moon – Back to the future
The Editor takes a look at the current plans for getting Orion around the Moon – unmanned on the first try, followed by astronauts within the next four years – as plans coalesce around the Lunar gateway to the Moon’s surface and Mars.

The dark before Dawn
Chris Starr FRAS, FBIS provides a fascinating wrap-up on the outstandingly successful Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres and looks at what we have learned along the way.

Ahead of its time
Dr Bob Parkinson MBE, FBIS celebrates 20 years since the ISS first began to take shape with a look back to a BIS design produced 70 years ago by Harry Ross and Ralph Smith.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2019/spaceflight-vol-61-no-01-january-2019/
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Post by: daedalus1 on 01/03/2019 09:24 am
I bought this magazine for decades. I stopped buying it last year due to almost nothing printed about SpaceX, it's almost as if they don't exist.
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Post by: Star One on 01/03/2019 11:55 am
I bought this magazine for decades. I stopped buying it last year due to almost nothing printed about SpaceX, it's almost as if they don't exist.

I read it regularly and Space X over time get the appropriate coverage as do others.
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Post by: Blackstar on 01/03/2019 04:50 pm
I bought this magazine for decades. I stopped buying it last year due to almost nothing printed about SpaceX, it's almost as if they don't exist.


And yet scroll up two posts and there's SpaceX on the cover.

Me thinks thou doth protest too much...
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Post by: daedalus1 on 01/03/2019 04:51 pm
It's just a picture not an article
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Post by: daedalus1 on 01/03/2019 04:59 pm
Star 1. Point me to a decent article about SpaceX. There are many about SLS which won't fly till 2021. SpaceX is flying and destroying the competition with reusable boosters that the establishment said wouldn't work. Just for that there should be much interest in this magazine.
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Post by: Blackstar on 01/03/2019 05:06 pm
Star 1. Point me to a decent article about SpaceX. There are many about SLS which won't fly till 2021. SpaceX is flying and destroying the competition with reusable boosters that the establishment said wouldn't work. Just for that there should be much interest in this magazine.

Is it hard to find SpaceX information on the interwebs? You realize that the subject of spaceflight includes a lot more than just one company launching rockets, right?

As Shakespeare said: Expand thy horizons, dude.
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Post by: daedalus1 on 01/03/2019 05:13 pm
Blackstar you shouldn't be so condescending.
Of course I get my news from all sorts of places. But the point of my original comment was that I no longer buy this magazine as it seems to ignore SpaceX.
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Post by: Blackstar on 01/03/2019 06:47 pm
Blackstar you shouldn't be so condescending.
Of course I get my news from all sorts of places. But the point of my original comment was that I no longer buy this magazine as it seems to ignore SpaceX.


If all you want is SpaceX, then all you need is Elon's Twitter feed. But there's more going on in space than SpaceX.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: daedalus1 on 01/03/2019 06:59 pm
Blackstar you are simply not understanding my point. I want a balanced view of everything spaceflight related. Spaceflight magazine simply does not provide that, as I have explained.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Star One on 01/03/2019 08:03 pm
Blackstar you are simply not understanding my point. I want a balanced view of everything spaceflight related. Spaceflight magazine simply does not provide that, as I have explained.

And we have explained to you it does. You’re the one with the narrow take on the space industry not the magazine.
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Post by: jacqmans on 01/15/2019 09:41 am
SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 02 – February 2019

Satellites, lightning trackers and space robots
Space historian Gerard van de Haar FBIS has researched the plethora of European payloads carried to the International Space Station by SpaceX Dragon capsules. He describes the wide range of scientific and technical experiments supporting a wide range of research initiatives.

In search of a role
Former scientist and spacecraft engineer Dr Bob Parkinson MBE, FBIS takes us back to the origins of the International Space Station and explains his own role in helping to bring about a British contribution – only to see it migrate to an unmanned environmental monitoring platform.

Shake, rattle and Rolex
On the 100th anniversary of the company’s birth, Philip Corneille traces the international story behind a range of Rolex watches used by astronauts and cosmonauts in training and in space, plus one that made it to the Moon.

Reach for the Skyrora
Ken MacTaggart FBIS tracks down the company building the first domestic UK satellite launcher in 50 years and explains how it can revolutionise low-cost services for small satellites, as well as igniting a resurgence in rocket development.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2019/spaceflight-vol-61-no-02-february-2019/
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Post by: jacqmans on 02/09/2019 11:07 am
SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 03 – March 2019


From Imagination to Reality
Noted amateur astronomer and writer Chris Starr reviews the outstanding extended mission of NASA's New Horizons as it conducts a flyby
of another Kuiper Belt object – the mysteriously shaped Ultima Thule.

Getting the Measure of Mercury
From the US, Dwayne A. Day reveals the persistent attempts of planetary scientists to attract more attention to the exploration of the planet Mercury – an endeavour in which they haven't always succeeded!

Apollo 9 – Dancing in the Dark
SpaceFlight Editor David Baker revisits the critical days in March 1969 when NASA first tested the Lunar Module with astronauts – one
of the most complex and demanding operations so far in the race to the Moon.

Out of the Shadows
Writer and award-winning space historian Francis French describes what it was like to find an unpublished memoir from an astronaut on NASA’s first crewed Apollo flight and how it came to be turned into a book.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2019/spaceflight-vol-61-no-03-march-2019/
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Post by: jacqmans on 05/02/2019 06:52 am
SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 04 – April 2019

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Taking the High Road
Scottish firm Orbex is planning a radical approach to a launch vehicle for the small satellite market that will fly from the UK.

Return of the Black Arrow
Ken MacTaggart FBIS delves into archives to celebrate the return of an iconic example of British engineering excellence: the first stage of the late-lamented Black Arrow rocket.

Patch works – the art of Space Age heraldry
Space-sleuth and historian Joel W. Powell looks at the remarkable array of mission patches and logos that have, sometimes controversially, adorned spacecraft over the last 60 years.

The Impact of Apollo – Part 1
Nick Spall FBIS begins his three-part series surveying the impact of the Moon landings on human society, technology and the subsequent development of space exploration.

Two to get ready
Long-time collector of space-age artefacts and memorabilia Mark Yates describes a particularly important document from the Apollo 16 mission – the Cue Card preparing the astronauts for their EVAs in the rugged lunar highlands.
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Post by: jacqmans on 05/02/2019 06:53 am
SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 05 – May 2019

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Return of the Dragon
SpaceX has taken a big step forward by successfully launching its Dragon 2 crew-carrying capsule to the International Space Station but how long before astronauts get to ride the latest people-carrier?

The Impact of Apollo – Part 2
Nick Spall FBIS looks at the technological and inspirational legacy of the Apollo Moon shots and finds value in the money spent.

Apollo 10 – so near, yet so far
David Baker recalls events 50 years ago when three astronauts got closer to the Moon than ever before and yet left the final descent to glory to the next mission in line, clearing the way for the first landing.

The Impact of Apollo – Part 1
Nick Spall FBIS begins his three-part series surveying the impact of the Moon landings on human society, technology and the subsequent development of space exploration.

Commercial Space
Using a wide range of commercial providers, NASA is building a roadmap to the Moon with landers, space tugs and spacecraft for taking humans back to the surface by 2028.
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Post by: jacqmans on 05/14/2019 12:35 pm
SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 06 – June 2019

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2019/spaceflight-vol-61-no-06-june-2019/

Reinventing the future
SpaceFlight takes a long hard look at current NASA plans for getting boots on the Moon, finding President Trump’s clamour for a 2024 target date to be unrealistic.

Course Correction
Former NASA contractor on the Apollo programme Pat Norris shares his experiences of ensuring that NASA got its Apollo spacecraft on course for the Moon – accurately!

Apollo 10 – so near, yet so far
In the final instalment to his trilogy on the meaning of Apollo, Nick Spall FBIS looks at the environmental and cultural aspects of this historic venture, 50 years on.

Mars Whirlybird
The Editor takes a look at what could turn out to be a seminal shift in rover support for Mars exploration as NASA gives the green light to the first helicopter designed for the Red Planet.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 06/13/2019 10:50 am
Here's the cover for the July 2019 issue, which should be available today. It doesn't appear that the BIS has updated its website yet but it's pretty obvious what the contents are!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 06/14/2019 08:04 pm
Here's the cover for the July 2019 issue, which should be available today. It doesn't appear that the BIS has updated its website yet but it's pretty obvious what the contents are!

My article is in there:

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 07/11/2019 11:03 am
The August 2019 issue should be available from today. The BIS website has been updated with full details but, bizarrely, they've repeated the July cover for August. I found the correct one somewhere else!

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2019/spaceflight-vol-61-no-08-august-2019/
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Post by: Blackstar on 08/11/2019 04:54 pm
September issue has my article in it:
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 09/13/2019 01:46 pm
The October 2019 issue is now available. The BIS's own website hasn't been updated to reflect this yet:

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Post by: jacqmans on 09/16/2019 01:54 pm
SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 09 – September 2019


Memories of Apollo
A UK engineer joined the Apollo programme after being hired by Lockheed. Here, Tony Errington recounts his experiences and the day he saved Apollo 16 from a premature return to Earth.

Webb’s Giant
Nobody believed him at first – only the CIA knew he was telling the truth. NASA Administrator James Webb spoke of a giant Russian superbooster that epitomised their race to the Moon. Only years later did the story come out.

A long and winding road
John Sealander recalls the day he stood on the site where Apollo 10 left Earth for the Moon and shares his thoughts as he went back to see the flight of Falcon Heavy from an adjacent launch pad fifty years later.

Above and Beyond
Stephen Ashworth takes us to the stars as he recounts proceedings at the Interstellar Studies Workshop during late June.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2019/spaceflight-vol-61-no-09-september-2019/
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Post by: jacqmans on 09/16/2019 01:54 pm
SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 10 – October 2019


Reality Check
Nick Spall FBIS reports on UK astronaut Tim Peake’s next move and looks at the prospects for Britain in space in a post-Brexit world.

Sister Act
The Editor reviews current plans for NASA's Artemis programme to get astronauts back on the Moon by 2024 and asks whether this is the right way to go.

The man who made Mission Control
With the death of Christopher Columbus Kraft, we review his greatest legacy in devising the NASA concept for space flight operations.

Hayabusa hits the spot
As asteroid missions go, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 is cleaning up big, with samples from surface and subsurface locations ready for dispatch to Earth.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2019/spaceflight-vol-61-no-10-october-2019/
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Post by: aurora899 on 10/10/2019 03:11 pm
The November 2019 issue is now on sale. The BIS's own website hasn't been updated to reflect this yet:

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 10/11/2019 09:26 am
BIS Space Chronicle got a new look & feel:
 ;)
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 11/11/2019 05:07 pm
The December 2019 issue will be published later this week:


Encoded Comsats

Contributors Gerard van de Haar and Luc van den Abeelen describe the broadening aspects of the US-led international satellite communication systems that are recruiting an increasing number of partners.


Grabbing a piece of the Cataclysm

Dwayne A. Day presents an in-depth study of the various proposals, past and present, for returning lunar samples to Earth from a particularly violent impact experienced by the Moon during the early days of its formation.


Hanging in the Balance

David Todd reports from the recent biennial UK Space Conference, which brought together the great and the good of the domestic space industry in Newport, South Wales, to carve out a
roadmap for future development.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 12/31/2019 10:51 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 01 – January 2020


Rock Follies
NASA is opening lunar samples sealed for more than 40 years in preparation for a new tranche of material from the Moon in the 2020s.

Twin Sisters
The RAF is getting serious about small satellites launched from Cosmic Girl, out of Newquay.

Congressional Hearing
David Todd roamed the halls of the 70th IAC in Washington DC and lived to tell us the tales.

Bringers of Life
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe muses over the way life may have been brought to Earth.

Heading for the Outer Limits
Calla Cofield of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory brings news from the heliopause about distant Voyager 2.


https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-01-january-2020/
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Post by: jacqmans on 01/03/2020 03:57 pm
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 01 – February 2020


White Knight or White Elephant?
As NASA mulls over prospects for the International Space Station, is it time to retire this world-class laboratory?

Reflections from the Kuiper Belt
Alan Stern muses over the outstanding discoveries and flight performance of the New Horizons spacecraft.

Ticket to Ride
Wings may be carrying astronauts back to the ISS as a commercial provider edges toward a first flight test.

Designs for Living on another world
Mark Yates FBIS visited the Design Museum in London for a simulated Mars experience.

Journey to a Chaotic Moon
Dwayne A. Day looks at a proposal to send a low-cost probe to Neptune’s moon Triton.

North Stars
David Todd reports from RISpace in Belfast and Alistair Scott identifies winners of the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-01-february-2020/
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Post by: jacqmans on 03/18/2020 10:37 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 03 – March 2020


Another year…and another delay
The Editor mulls over the events of the last two months and assesses the state of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Getting the drop on planet Mars
The European Space Agency reports on the impending launch of ExoMars 2020 and describes events associated with parachute tests and checks out the landing site.

Probing Saturn’s mightiest moon
When the Huygens probe descended through the dense atmosphere of Titan, it followed an entirely unpredictable spin profile. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains why.

Unlocking the universe – with metaphor
Mark Stewart takes a reflective look at Norman Mailer’s seminal observations on NASA’s Apollo programme and finds a meaningful epitaph.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-03-march-2020/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 03/18/2020 10:38 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 04 – April 2020


The need for Speed
The ISS has just received a significant upgrade to its data and communication system through a device the size of a domestic refrigerator which will enable a high-speed link with Earth.

Set the controls for the heart of the Sun
Scott Hatton and John Sealander report on the latest solar science probe, designed to dive deep into the Sun’s heliosphere.

Saved by the Book
Dr Michael Warner explores the fascinating tale of how rare Apollo 13 mission documents tell their own story about momentous events 50 years ago.

When in Rome
Davide Marco reports from the first New Space Economic Forum in Italy on how a new wave of optimism is driving Europe’s space initiatives.

A Sting in the Tale
The Editor takes a long look at Scorpion, a multi-mission space vehicle conceived and designed by former BIS President Mark Hemspell and offers a supporting critique.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-04-april-2020/
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Post by: jacqmans on 05/04/2020 06:32 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 05 – May 2020


Beyond the ISS
On the verge of engaging with full commercialisation, Axiom is pioneering a habitable module that will attach to the ISS as a preliminary step towards a second US-funded, independent space station.

Places to go?
Nick Spall talks to UK Space Agency Human Exploration Manager Libby Jackson and explores the prospects for further space flights by Tim Peake and other would-be British astronauts. Their conclusion? There’s a lot of potential!

A Matter of Survival
Dr Brett Gooden takes a long, hard look at the physiological challenges facing Mars-bound astronauts and questions the entrenched assumption that the negative health effects of long-duration space flights and surface exploration can easily be overcome. Is it really that simple?

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-05-may-2020/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 05/15/2020 09:36 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 06 – June 2020


The quiet Earth
SpaceFlight surveys the global lockdown and finds that satellites are providing evidence of a natural world bouncing back and of scientists able to do much more than they could before.

Top marks for Perseverance
With the launch window for Mars 2020 fast approaching, we take a close look at how final preparations for NASA’s latest rover are coming together and at the unique items of equipment that could make Perseverance a historic “first”.

The rover returns
Long-standing contributor Dwayne A. Day examines the plan to use Mars 2020 as the springboard for a sample-return mission in which NASA and the European Space Agency join forces to get dust from the Red Planet to Earth.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-06-june-2020/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 06/26/2020 12:41 pm
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 07 – July 2020


Multiple stations pledge
We look at a critical assessment of the way science is conducted at the International Space Station and finds it wanting.

The man behind the ISS
The Editor reflects on the life of recently deceased Jim Beggs, the NASA Administrator for whom the building of the ISS was his supreme achievement.

Why don’t we just wing it?
Nick Spall FBIS examines the balance between winged lifting vehicles and semi-ballistic capsules, arguing that the former have been grossly overlooked.

Parallels with Apollo
David Baker looks beyond the initial return to the Moon by astronauts and examines the plan for a sustained presence on the lunar surface.

Probing further in the Kuiper Belt
Alan Stern provides another update on the pioneering work of New Horizons.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-07-july-2020/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: daedalus1 on 06/26/2020 12:45 pm
No story about NASA returning astronauts to orbit since the shuttle, and on the first ever private spacecraft. Did it happen?
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Zardar on 06/26/2020 05:26 pm
No story about NASA returning astronauts to orbit since the shuttle, and on the first ever private spacecraft. Did it happen?

Of course it did, but since Spaceflight is still distributed on dead trees, which generally travel much slower than electrons, it just hasn't happened yet.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: daedalus1 on 06/26/2020 05:31 pm
No story about NASA returning astronauts to orbit since the shuttle, and on the first ever private spacecraft. Did it happen?

Of course it did, but since Spaceflight is still distributed on dead trees, which generally travel much slower than electrons, it just hasn't happened yet.

Lol. It's been a month, and it's not there wasn't some notice.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 08/10/2020 11:15 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 08 – August 2020


Gene genies
Funny things happen on prolonged space flights, including a level of gene modification now under investigation at the ISS.

Open for Business
Derek Webber of Spaceflight Associates makes an impassioned plea for lunar exploration and resource utilisation as nations prepare to build a permanent presence on the Moon.

Living Space
Stephen Baxter FBIS examines the BIS’ SPACE Project in which a very large habitation in orbit provides a base for space factories.

Rising to Demand
Griffith Ingram looks at the pioneering efforts of B2Space and their push for rocket-carrying balloons and at interim plans for sending experiments to the stratosphere.

Rewards of the Job
Award-winning space historian Frank H. Winter reflects on the honours awarded to Karlheinz Rohrwild and his work as Director of the Oberth Museum in Bavaria.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-08-august-2020/
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Post by: jacqmans on 09/04/2020 09:55 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 09 – September 2020


Buyer beware
Sara Langston from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida sounds a cautionary note to those planning to fly on commercial suborbital space trips.

Rooms with a view
Tony Quine implores space tourists to set their sights on higher goals – even deep space – in the search for high-flying thrills.

Wealth without limits
Dr Stephen Cutts examines the potential riches of the solar system and argues the case for regarding them as a natural resource for humans
to exploit.

Watch this space
BIS CEO Elizabeth Anderson talks to UK 2020 World Space Week Co-ordination Manager Vix Southgate about plans for this year’s events and what BIS members can do to help.


https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-09-september-2020/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 09/04/2020 09:56 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 10 – October 2020


To Space and beyond
Continuing the theme of space tourism we began last month, Nick Spall digs down into what motivates people to want to take a flight into space and expands that to examine the reasons why professional astronauts do what they do.

Sending out an SLS
We welcome contributor John Sealander, who took a tour of NASA’s Stennis Space Center to bring us the latest developments at the seminal facility for preparing the core stage of the Space Launch System for crucial testing.

Space history in the making
Griffith Ingram explains the background to the new history magazine Space Chronicle and explores the reasons why this reinvented product aims to be at the forefront of fascinating background insights into what made the Space Age, from earliest efforts to the present.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-10-october-2020/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 10/15/2020 07:49 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 11 – November 2020

Human space flight vehicles
Taking stock of where we are with the wide variety of space vehicles built to carry humans, Jim Thomson sent us a table from which we decided to expand cursory details of what is around.

Europe eyes the Moon
Gerard van de Haar quantifies the level of participation the European Space Agency now has with NASA as it embeds itself with the Lunar Gateway and the Artemis lunar landing programme.

Wood from the trees
The 2Excel geo team explain their programme for monitoring the changing arboreal landscape and see tree-counting by satellite as a key to understanding environmental impact.

Guardians of the deep
We welcome Amelia Jane Piper with her informative focus on how satellites are helping understand the rapidly changing nature of the world’s oceans and its life forms.

https://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-3/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2020/spaceflight-vol-62-no-11-november-2020/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 01/25/2021 08:43 am
SpaceFlight Vol 62 No 12 – December 2020


In search of antimatter: Mirror Quark Limited, a company founded by our own Alan Bond, Honorary Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, has sponsored an exciting and challenging competition to find methods of storing and handling antihydrogen, for use in advanced space propulsion.

Us – or them? Geoffrey Briggs looks again at the old controversy – human or robot space exploration? Electronics and Information Technology have made amazing advances since the early space probes, but can they completely replace human astronauts?

How to feel the Universe: How can disabled people enjoy and appreciate the exhibits at space museums? Russ Palmer tells of the innovative measures that museums, such as the National Space Centre, Leicester, are taking to help the disabled, with accessibility, good toilet accommodation, assistance from both human guides and trained Assistance Dogs, and by allowing carers and personal assistants free admission.

https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-62-no-12-december-2020/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 01/25/2021 08:44 am
January 2021 cover
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: mlindner on 03/27/2021 08:12 am
He was active on this forum as well, https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=7814

He made all sorts of wild claims about working on various projects. How many people did he mislead on these forums? Any way to summon a moderator to edit all his old posts and add a clarifying note that the information is faked? He even posted a bunch of information on to L2 historical section, for those who can see it.

For example this bit: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=16059.msg890298#msg890298

Or this bit: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22681.msg636250#msg636250

Or this whopper: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22681.msg636260#msg636260

And I guess Blackstar interacted with him a lot on the forums years ago and he told a lot of "stories" that I wonder how much of them are completely fake. Like this one: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=15043.msg693773#msg693773
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: daedalus1 on 03/27/2021 08:44 am
Maybe Spaceflight magazine will now have some articles on the rise of SpaceX just for balance.
I have highlighted it before and is the main reason I stopped buying it after decades of doing so.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Lar on 03/28/2021 12:22 am
Not seeing the need for moderator action as yet.
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Post by: jacqmans on 04/02/2021 07:03 am
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-63-no-03-march-2021/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 04/02/2021 07:03 am
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-63-no-04-april-2021/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 05/07/2021 11:03 am
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-63-no-05-may-2021/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Jim on 05/07/2021 12:09 pm
Maybe Spaceflight magazine will now have some articles on the rise of SpaceX just for balance.
I have highlighted it before and is the main reason I stopped buying it after decades of doing so.

No need for that, the internet supplies enough of it.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 05/13/2021 04:58 pm
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-63-no-06-june-2021/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 06/10/2021 12:42 pm
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-63-no-07-july-2021/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 07/07/2021 11:25 am
Sorry; only a low-res image of the August 2021 cover at the moment. The BIS website hasn't been updated with the current edition yet.

Updated to include link:

https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-63-no-08-august-2021/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Finn Mac Doreahn on 07/12/2021 07:00 am
Recently,a microfilm contributor has added all Spaceflight issues from 1956 to 2014 to the Internet Archive. Start here and prepare to set aside at least a few hours of reading time:

https://archive.org/details/sim_spaceflight_1956-10_1_1
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 07/17/2021 03:28 pm
From 1970:
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 08/11/2021 01:24 pm
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Finn Mac Doreahn on 09/12/2021 02:08 am
Recently,a microfilm contributor has added all Spaceflight issues from 1956 to 2014 to the Internet Archive. Start here and prepare to set aside at least a few hours of reading time:

https://archive.org/details/sim_spaceflight_1956-10_1_1

Not Spaceflight related,but could someone here with a Countdown collection arrange for it to be scanned and uploaded to IA? Space World is already on IA.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 09/12/2021 02:15 am
Recently,a microfilm contributor has added all Spaceflight issues from 1956 to 2014 to the Internet Archive. Start here and prepare to set aside at least a few hours of reading time:

https://archive.org/details/sim_spaceflight_1956-10_1_1

Not Spaceflight related,but could someone here with a Countdown collection arrange for it to be scanned and uploaded to IA? Space World is already on IA.

Countdown has been scanned. You should contact Glen Swanson about that.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Finn Mac Doreahn on 09/12/2021 07:21 am
I have found some issues on a website called Parry Game Preserve:

https://www.parrygamepreserve.com/media/magazines/countdown/countdown.php
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 09/12/2021 04:07 pm
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-63-no-10-october-2021/

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Finn Mac Doreahn on 09/19/2021 02:47 pm
Recently,a microfilm contributor has added all Spaceflight issues from 1956 to 2014 to the Internet Archive. Start here and prepare to set aside at least a few hours of reading time:

https://archive.org/details/sim_spaceflight_1956-10_1_1

There is an IA error message that comes up when I attempt to access the issues. I hope it is a temporary fault on the Archive’s part and that the issue is resolved soon.
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Post by: jacqmans on 10/12/2021 01:22 pm
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 11/16/2021 09:49 am
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/spaceflight-vol-63-no-12-december-2021/
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Post by: Oersted on 11/16/2021 11:42 am
For once a chance to put a pretty girl on the cover, glad they didn't miss it... ;-)
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Post by: Star One on 11/16/2021 04:59 pm
Press release from the BIS:

Our new Respect Policy.
At the BIS we are committed to ensuring that we are welcoming to all.  For this reason, we have created a new Respect Policy, as is common in similar organisations to us.  This policy applies to and protects Fellows and Members, supporters, visitors and anyone else who comes into contact with the Society.  We would ask you to take a look at this Policy, which is publicly available on our website in the "Our Society" section.  We work hard to ensure that everyone involved in the Society is able to feel safe and respected, and we need your help to ensure that everyone can play their part.

The document sets out our policy on bullying and harassment, types of unacceptable behaviour, and what we will do if someone reports concerns to us.  The policy relates to in-person and virtual situations, and also covers actions or sanctions the Council will take.  As a Fellow or Member, you must abide by this Policy.

This Policy is here to protect everyone - so do make sure you download it.

https://www.bis-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Respect-Policy.pdf
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/16/2021 11:36 pm
I know they are referring to a different kind of "respect," but I stopped writing for Spaceflight after 25 years because they do not show professional respect for their writers.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: saturnapollo on 11/17/2021 12:07 am
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I stopped writing for Spaceflight after 25 years because they do not show professional respect for their writers.


I left the BIS years ago, but was asked a few years ago if they could use my ISS model article from the IPMS magazine. I knew I wouldn't get paid, my only stipulation being that I get a copy of the issue my article appeared in. It took two and half years and repeated e-mail requests and finally an intervention by Mat Irvine to get me a copy!

Keith
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Post by: Star One on 11/17/2021 07:03 am
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I stopped writing for Spaceflight after 25 years because they do not show professional respect for their writers.


I left the BIS years ago, but was asked a few years ago if they could use my ISS model article from the IPMS magazine. I knew I wouldn't get paid, my only stipulation being that I get a copy of the issue my article appeared in. It took two and half years and repeated e-mail requests and finally an intervention by Mat Irvine to get me a copy!

Keith
Matt Irvine the legendary model maker who worked on Doctor Who amongst others back in the day including the spacecraft from Warriors Gate which I still remember him showing off on Saturday Swapshop.
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Post by: aurora899 on 11/17/2021 09:01 am
I know they are referring to a different kind of "respect," but I stopped writing for Spaceflight after 25 years because they do not show professional respect for their writers.

I must admit that although I often upload the new covers here, I haven't bought a copy of Spaceflight magazine for many, many months! I may pick up the latest (December 2021) issue, partly because of the article on Russian female cosmonauts and partly just to see what the thing is like now.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/20/2021 07:44 pm
my only stipulation being that I get a copy of the issue my article appeared in. It took two and half years and repeated e-mail requests and finally an intervention by Mat Irvine to get me a copy!

They used to provide 4 complimentary copies of each issue that an author wrote for. That was their policy when I started writing for them around 1995 or so and it was consistent until around 2018-19. A few years ago they stopped doing that. I never got a clear explanation from them. But I wrote dozens of articles for them over two decades, and their attitude now is we want you to work for nothing, not even a thank you. They pay their electrical company, their plumber, their printer, their editor, and their staff, but they won't even provide a professional courtesy for their writers.
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Post by: saturnapollo on 11/20/2021 10:53 pm
Well, you received more than I ever did. I wrote a couple of articles in the late 80's and 90's when I was a Fellow of the society and I never received any extra copies other than my subscription copy. Their memberships subs were never exactly cheap, so not as if they were short of funds to pay their contributors to Spaceflight.

This time the Editor approached the IPMS to reprint my ISS model article. They agreed, as did I, as I said on the basis I at least received a copy of the magazine as I like to keep a record of my articles which are published. Thereafter a long uphill struggle.  I did wonder who was doing who a favour.

Keith

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Post by: aurora899 on 12/09/2021 12:31 pm
A preview of the January cover but the BIS website has yet to be updated.
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Post by: Oersted on 12/09/2021 08:42 pm
Isn't that a much more SpaceX-centric front page than usual?
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 12/21/2021 07:32 am
Don't ask what BIS can do for You but what You can do for BIS  ;)
Between 1994 and 2022 I have written 115 articles for BIS Spaceflight and Space Chronicle combined
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Finn Mac Doreahn on 01/04/2022 04:07 pm
Don't ask what BIS can do for You but what You can do for BIS  ;)
Between 1994 and 2022 I have written 115 articles for BIS Spaceflight and Space Chronicle combined

Who are you? I might have read some of your stuff.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 01/13/2022 10:53 am
A preview of the February cover. The BIS website doesn't appear to have been updated yet for the 2022 issues.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 02/05/2022 10:04 am
Just got a preview of BIS Space Chronicle magazine 2022/2 out by March 4, 2022... a good read !
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 02/05/2022 10:18 am
I notice that the BIS still haven't updated their on-line "shop" to include any of the 2022 editions of these magazines yet.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/05/2022 04:01 pm
Just got a preview of BIS Space Chronicle magazine 2022/2 out by March 4, 2022... a good read !

What's in it?
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Finn Mac Doreahn on 02/05/2022 11:39 pm
A preview of the February cover. The BIS website doesn't appear to have been updated yet for the 2022 issues.
Didn’t they use that cover art a few years ago?
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 02/10/2022 07:00 am
@BlackStar
Among other, the start of the article series " Of Time and Space " ...
Also see this topic on wrist watches used in spaceflight:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=55748.0

 8)
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Post by: aurora899 on 02/10/2022 09:22 am
A preview of the March 2022 cover.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 03/02/2022 09:16 pm
Is there a full index to Spaceflight articles?

I wrote an article on the early origins of the weather satellite program--even before Tiros--and I need to figure out what issue it was. Probably sometime in the 2003-2008 timeframe. I remember labeling it "part 1," but I never got around to writing part 2.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: daedalus1 on 03/02/2022 10:02 pm
I've got those issues and they have an index in the December edition. I'll look it up in the next few days if you still need it.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 03/02/2022 10:41 pm
I've got those issues and they have an index in the December edition. I'll look it up in the next few days if you still need it.

Did they run them in December? Let me look in my December editions. I was hoping there was a master list online somewhere.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 03/02/2022 11:34 pm
Thanks for your help. I found it. August 2005. I doubt I still have the original computer file. I may have to scan this and use OCS. I don't have a pdf of the 2005 issue.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: daedalus1 on 03/03/2022 06:48 am
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Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 03/10/2022 10:50 am
A preview of the April 2022 cover. The BIS Website still hasn't been updated for the 2022 issues!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 04/14/2022 11:44 am
A preview of the May 2022 cover.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: theonlyspace on 04/14/2022 12:47 pm
I renewed my 2022 subscription.  I have yet to receive my Print issue for March 2022 and April 2022 magazine.  I emailed them several time and no response. After paying them a outrageous amount of 148 dollars USA  for 1 year over 65 age I feel I should get better service.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 04/14/2022 01:32 pm
I get the sense that they're having some problems. Website has not been updated in awhile, and now you say that they're not fulfilling their subscriptions (at least to you). Anecdotes, or part of a bigger problem?

I want them to succeed, but I don't feel like they treated me professionally in the recent past. And maybe that too was part of a bigger problem, like money shortages.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 04/14/2022 03:35 pm
Indeed, no reply to e-mails and not even a free copie of the magazine which holds a writer's article.
Supported the BIS for almost 30 years... but 2022 will be the last  :P
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Nick on 04/16/2022 02:54 pm
I've been a member/Fellow for >50 years. Every so often they seem to lapse into chaos.

I had an email in February saying that I'd have a notification soon about my subscription direct debit under the new subscription regime, which was laid out in  the email. Nothing.

My print magazines (Spaceflight & Chronicle) are still arriving, but I have no access to digital Spaceflight after January, no digital access to Chronicle at all, even though I paid for last year's, and no digital access to JBIS (which, as a Fellow, I should have under the new regime). Meanwhile, they have no money from me.

It's no use publishing cracking magazines, and organising meetings by the bucket load if you don't do the basics of collecting your subs four months into into the year. That way, only misery lies...

Shame.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 04/16/2022 07:47 pm
I've been a member/Fellow for >50 years. Every so often they seem to lapse into chaos.

I think that is a fair statement. They've gone through some rough patches in the past. Maybe they'll recover from this one as well. I just find it so disappointing. At the risk of beating my same drum, I did not think they treated me professionally after I contributed so much over a quarter century. And when they asked me to start contributing again, my requirements for doing so were totally reasonable, and yet they couldn't even meet that. It indicated to me that there's a mushy center at the core of this apple.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: lamontagne on 04/20/2022 09:24 pm
There is this, that likely is contributing to the chaos, although it may be old news by now:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/34/05/13 leadership

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 04/21/2022 08:27 am
Indeed lots of complaints about administration, etc...
Founded in 1933... Let's hope the BIS space advocacy will reach its Century birthday  :-\
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LittleBird on 04/25/2022 09:52 am
I've got those issues and they have an index in the December edition. I'll look it up in the next few days if you still need it.

Did they run them in December? Let me look in my December editions. I was hoping there was a master list online somewhere.

Sorry, hadn't seen this message before. I think this is what you wanted ? Hope it's still useful.

Re indexes it's worth noting that the indexes for the volumes that were scanned and included on archive.org are also there. I *think* they may be as downloadable files-not true of the magazines in general. Doesn't run far into the present century but goes all the way back.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 04/25/2022 07:38 pm
I've got those issues and they have an index in the December edition. I'll look it up in the next few days if you still need it.

Did they run them in December? Let me look in my December editions. I was hoping there was a master list online somewhere.

Sorry, hadn't seen this message before. I think this is what you wanted ? Hope it's still useful.


That article formed the basis for parts 1 and 2 of my DMSP article. Part 3 was based on another article I wrote years ago and is now 100% written and part 4 (all new) is now 97% written.

I used the tried and true method of pulling the December issues off my shelf and looking up my name. Then going to the article that sounded right. Then scanning it, running OCR, and cleaning it up. Then editing, writing, editing, and editing some more.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 04/29/2022 05:17 pm
Contacted the BIS London and after the Easter holidays season they're working on the website...
Certainly looking forward to receive the upcoming issue of Space Chronicle
 8)
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Finn Mac Doreahn on 04/29/2022 06:25 pm
I've got those issues and they have an index in the December edition. I'll look it up in the next few days if you still need it.

Did they run them in December? Let me look in my December editions. I was hoping there was a master list online somewhere.

Sorry, hadn't seen this message before. I think this is what you wanted ? Hope it's still useful.

Re indexes it's worth noting that the indexes for the volumes that were scanned and included on archive.org are also there. I *think* they may be as downloadable files-not true of the magazines in general. Doesn't run far into the present century but goes all the way back.

Not just the indices - from them you can go on to individual issues. The archive covers from the maiden issue in October 1956 (1-1) to December 2014 (56-12). Quite a time sink if you’re into the nitty-gritty of space history.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 05/12/2022 09:17 am
A preview of the June 2022 cover.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 05/12/2022 11:49 am
After 4 weeks no further updates... everything runs with volunteers, but after a 25 years+ membership, I'm out ! >:(
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 05/12/2022 05:33 pm
Contacted the BIS London and after the Easter holidays season they're working on the website...
Certainly looking forward to receive the upcoming issue of Space Chronicle
 8)

Such a shame. For those of you who have not seen them, both the print issues for Spaceflight and Space Chronicle looked great. Lots of color, good quality paper, nice layout. That's one of the reasons I liked publishing there, because my articles looked so good in print. I even planned on writing more for Space Chronicle before BIS decided that writers were expendable.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 06/21/2022 10:53 am
A first look at the July 2022 cover. The magazine seems a bit late coming out this month.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 06/21/2022 01:35 pm
I see that they have not updated their website for 2022. Have they completely stopped sending out pdfs to subscribers?
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 07/14/2022 02:19 pm
A first look at the August 2022 cover. And don't even get me started on the webshop!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 07/14/2022 02:38 pm
I haven't been impressed with their covers for about a year or so. For awhile they had some really great covers. But a lot of the recent ones have been dark. I guess a lot of the recent covers for Ad Astra magazine have also been dark, but I think that the image choices for Ad Astra have been better.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 07/14/2022 06:09 pm
I see that they have not updated their website for 2022. Have they completely stopped sending out pdfs to subscribers?

No members can download the issues. The August issue i just downloaded.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 08/11/2022 10:04 am
A first look at the September 2022 cover.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/11/2022 06:36 pm
They're still doing dark covers. I think that's a bad idea, unless the images are really good.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: saturnapollo on 08/11/2022 07:03 pm
From a photographic perspective I suspect they have the levels at the printing process set way too far towards the dark end of the histogram. At least for this issue.

Here is the original artwork. As you can see from the lunar shadows the sun is quite high up.

Keith
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/11/2022 08:26 pm
From a photographic perspective I suspect they have the levels at the printing process set way too far towards the dark end of the histogram. At least for this issue.


That might be true, but I was referring to their color choices overall. They've been picking a lot of images of dark things--black space, the lunar surface, etc. A lot of artwork and space shots. There's a difference between that and photos of rocket launches or spacecraft in clean rooms. The latter are going to be brighter, with more orange, yellow, light blue, white, etc.

It's something my own organization has faced for a long time. We have produced a lot of covers that were dark. I have made an effort to pick brighter covers for the reports I'm involved in. It's rather startling when we put them all out on a table at a conference--mine are bright and stand out against all the blacks, blues, purples and greens.

About 5 years ago Spaceflight got a new layout director and printer and the quality of the layout, printing, and the covers improved dramatically.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: saturnapollo on 08/11/2022 08:42 pm
I see what you mean. I picked you up wrongly.

However it certainly doesn't help if they do pick a darker scene, they then print it even darker. You can see there is quite a big difference between the original and what they printed.

Maybe it is a new house style.

Keith
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/11/2022 11:23 pm
I see what you mean. I picked you up wrongly.

However it certainly doesn't help if they do pick a darker scene, they then print it even darker. You can see there is quite a big difference between the original and what they printed.

That can definitely be a problem. It requires a good printer and people who pay attention to quality control at the printer. (Even good quality control is negated if the printing machine is lower quality to save cost.)

Just today somebody gave me a copy of a report I did 10 years ago on the astronaut corps and I noticed that it was actually part of a bad print run. I had put the flames from a shuttle launch on the cover of a report. But whoever did the initial print run did not pay attention, and the yellow flames had a greenish tint. They sent us a couple hundred copies printed that way. We objected and they re-did the print run at their expense.

But when it comes to the basic composition--what image to use and how to use it--that requires somebody who is paying attention and somebody who has an eye for it. I've dealt with people who don't know a good image from a bad one. I know somebody who once selected a nighttime shot of some people testing out EVA equipment in the desert. The whole image is really dark and it's difficult to understand what it shows. The person who made that selection had no idea that it was a lousy image.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 08/12/2022 01:59 pm
It's probably worth bearing in mind that the cover image I uploaded yesterday will not be as dark in real-life. Since the BIS ceased to update their webshop, I've had to grab the Spaceflight cover images from Newsstand, an online magazine retailer here in the UK. They receive dozens of new mags every day and I don't know whether they scan the covers or just take a quick pic with a mobile phone. Images on their website are often under-exposed. Take a look at the latest issue of 'Heritage Railway':

https://www.newsstand.co.uk/166-railways-magazines/2824-subscribe-to-heritage-railway-magazine-subscription.aspx

I can assure you that the actual magazine cover is nowhere near as dark as it appears here! I suspect the same is true of Spaceflight. That said, Blackstar's point of picking brighter covers is a good one!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/12/2022 02:46 pm
I can assure you that the actual magazine cover is nowhere near as dark as it appears here!

I haven't seen a physical copy of the magazine in a couple of years now (look up-thread for my explanation why). The printing quality was great, however. Thick cover stock, good color.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 08/24/2022 08:49 am
Here is another image of the September 2022 cover, this time grabbed from the 'Unique Magazines' website. As I suspected, the earlier image (taken from the Newsstand website) was under-exposed. This one is more representative of the actual magazine cover!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/24/2022 02:27 pm
Thank you. That does look better. I still think they need to go with more colorful photos--launch photos, daytime on Earth photos. But that's just me, vampires may prefer the dark.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 09/08/2022 07:12 pm
A first look at the October 2022 cover. I took this image from the 'Unique Magazines' website as (once again) the one on the Newsstand site was under exposed!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 10/13/2022 11:31 am
A first look at the November 2022 cover. Hopefully, this one will be a bit better received!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 11/03/2022 09:22 am
Sharing a few photos of my recent visit to the BIS HQ at South Lambeth Road in Southern London
.
 ;)
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 11/03/2022 01:23 pm
Sharing a few photos of my recent visit to the BIS HQ at South Lambeth Road in Southern London
.
 ;)

That building is probably worth a huge amount of money--or at least it was a few years ago, when there was a lot of new construction in that area. They have an impressive library of space books.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 11/17/2022 11:00 am
A first look at the December 2022 cover:
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 12/08/2022 07:28 pm
A first look at the January 2023 cover:
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 12/10/2022 01:04 pm
Thank you for continuing to post these. They have not updated their website for the magazine in a year:

https://bis-space.com/shop/product-category/magazines/spaceflight/

I've mentioned this before numerous times, but the last time I saw a physical copy of the magazine it was beautifully produced. It was good quality paper, nice layout (not fancy, but still pretty good). It felt like a high-quality publication. I think the one area they have fallen down in terms of presentation is their covers. They really haven't had a good cover in a few years. Everything is dark and not terribly interesting. There are so many great space photos that they could have used. Where are the photos of the dramatic launches? Where are the JWST photos? If you want to stand out, you have to use bright, vibrant colors. But they keep going with black space photos and so the covers always just disappear into darkness.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 12/10/2022 01:10 pm
Yes, I don't know what's happened to the website. As you say, it hasn't been updated in over a year now. You're right about the covers - the only decent one was November 2022, the Chinese rocket launch!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 12/27/2022 10:27 am
Indeed, it looks like the past year 2022 has been a "low" for BIS - London, some of my colleagues won't resubscribe and will simply buy BIS " Space Chronicle " magazine whenever it becomes available.
Pitty as BIS has been a part of my life since 1983...
Formed in October 1933, the BIS will celebrate its 90th birthday next year 2023, so wishing them all the best!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 12/27/2022 01:43 pm
Yes, I don't know what's happened to the website. As you say, it hasn't been updated in over a year now. You're right about the covers - the only decent one was November 2022, the Chinese rocket launch!

At the end of the year, lots of people like to make best/worst lists. I'm sure somebody is coming up with a "best space photographs of 2022" list. I bet that a number of those photos would have made great covers for Spaceflight. A few of the JWST photos would be suitable, and there are a million great launch photos. Add to that some ISS photos. There's always a lot to choose from.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 01/12/2023 12:56 pm
A first look at the February 2023 cover.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 01/12/2023 04:50 pm
A first look at the February 2023 cover.

I like that cover. One issue I have is that the lettering breaks the horizon and is a little harder to see against the sky. But it's a good dramatic photo, reminiscent of Apollo.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 02/12/2023 11:03 am
A first look at the March 2023 cover.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/12/2023 01:49 pm
A first look at the March 2023 cover.

I like this one. It's an unusual image, rather striking. I still think they should go for lighter and brighter colors in general, but this was a good image because you see it and think "What is going on here?!"
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/22/2023 09:28 pm
I saw a tweet--dunno where the guy got the information--indicating that the BIS lost 20% of its membership between 2021 and 2022. May have been tied to the scandals?
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 03/05/2023 01:13 am
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 03/05/2023 08:40 am
Now that looks a VERY interesting magazine. However, given that the webshop hasn't been updated for a couple of years, I'm not sure how you'd get a copy other than by being a BIS member?
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 03/05/2023 09:15 am
And a first look at the April 2023 cover...
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 03/05/2023 11:47 am
Now that looks a VERY interesting magazine. However, given that the webshop hasn't been updated for a couple of years, I'm not sure how you'd get a copy other than by being a BIS member?

I've said this multiple times up-thread, but the physical copies of Spaceflight and Space Chronicle are really nice. They use heavy paper and have nice layout. It's not fancy layout, with text over pictures. But it's interesting and not dull. Spaceflight used to be available on the shelf at Barnes & Noble in the US, but that stopped several years ago. Now it's difficult to get a physical copy at all.

I am annoyed with how they treated me after I wrote for them for 25 years, and I think they really do need to have a web-presence. But the magazines have long looked like they are top quality.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 03/10/2023 10:20 am
I agree, " Space Chronicle " has become a top quality magazine, both on subjects lay-out and look-&-feel !
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: leovinus on 03/27/2023 06:22 pm
Am trying to find a copy of the article

Stewart, P. E., "Surface Exploration of the Moon," Spaceflight, Vol. 3, No. 2, March 1961, p. 34-38

which is in an old Spaceflight magazine issue from 1961. The search for this old magazine at bis-space.com isn't very successful. Therefore, is anyone able to help locating this article or a pointer or copy? Thanks.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 03/27/2023 08:34 pm
Am trying to find a copy of the article

Stewart, P. E., "Surface Exploration of the Moon," Spaceflight, Vol. 3, No. 2, March 1961, p. 34-38

which is in an old Spaceflight magazine issue from 1961. The search for this old magazine at bis-space.com isn't very successful. Therefore, is anyone able to help locating this article or a pointer or copy? Thanks.

Here you go. I'll post a better version when I can access a photocopier.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: leovinus on 03/27/2023 08:43 pm
Am trying to find a copy of the article

Stewart, P. E., "Surface Exploration of the Moon," Spaceflight, Vol. 3, No. 2, March 1961, p. 34-38

which is in an old Spaceflight magazine issue from 1961. The search for this old magazine at bis-space.com isn't very successful. Therefore, is anyone able to help locating this article or a pointer or copy? Thanks.

Here you go. I'll post a better version when I can access a photocopier.
Thank you very much! Am happily reading and correlating with old 1960s Lockheed Lunar plans :)

EDIT: And PS, thanks for recognizing the paper goes from page 34 to page 48, not 38. The old reference was incorrect :/ Nothing like the original!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 03/30/2023 06:18 pm
I have now made a much better copy. It is attached to my previous post and also to this one.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 04/13/2023 09:27 am
A first look at the May 2023 cover...
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 05/11/2023 12:39 pm
https://twitter.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1656567936448905216?s=20
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 05/12/2023 04:57 pm
I guess I'm glad that they're still publishing, although it seems rather pointless now. Why doesn't the magazine have a web presence? That's nuts. And their covers are still ho-hum. Every cover is dark, usually with black sky. They have often missed the obvious--the Starship launch should be on this cover. Why did they do Orion at the Moon and then in the ocean instead of the SLS launch?
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 06/08/2023 08:47 am
https://twitter.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1666704464802136065?t=Tms8cig-wEKdkWTj2uu4tQ&s=19
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 06/08/2023 07:02 pm
I know I'm a broken record on this now, but note that this is another black cover. Scroll back through this thread and look at the past two dozen covers. Almost all of them are heavily black sky with white spaceships, some with blue, but mostly a lot of black. Maybe black ink is cheaper? It's a shame, because there are a lot of images they can use that are vibrant and colorful.



Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Oersted on 06/08/2023 07:09 pm
Thanks for your comment Whitestar ;-)
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 06/08/2023 07:39 pm
Thanks for your comment Whitestar ;-)

Tou·ché!

(FWIW, I picked "Blackstar" because of this: https://thespacereview.com/article/576/1 )
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Oersted on 06/11/2023 09:46 pm
Cool name for sure!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Bob Shaw on 06/11/2023 09:55 pm
I may have it! Please e-mail me on [email protected] and if I have it I’ll send you a scan.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 07/25/2023 06:46 am
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 08/06/2023 01:12 pm
A first look at the September 2023 cover. And the BIS website has finally been updated!

https://bis-space.com/shop/product-category/magazines/spaceflight/2023-spaceflight/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 08/06/2023 04:10 pm
Thanks for that. Now that they've updated their website, you can see how dark their covers have been for this past year. In contrast, Ad Astra uses more colors like green, orange, even (shocking!) yellow.

Then again, Air & Space has also had a lot of dark covers, so maybe I'm just not hip on all the new things in cover design.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: LtCmdr on 08/21/2023 10:15 am
Half-a-dozen BIS volunteer authors have been working on a " ISS overview book " to celebrate 25 years of the International Space Station. Due to editing & printing costs BIS might start an upfront payment for those who want to order this book...
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 09/13/2023 10:18 am
A first look at the October 2023 cover. It looks like you get a free copy of 'Space Chronicle' this month! I can't wait to hear what Blackstar thinks about this cover!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 09/13/2023 11:43 am
A first look at the October 2023 cover. It looks like you get a free copy of 'Space Chronicle' this month! I can't wait to hear what Blackstar thinks about this cover!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkGtW-fQ3s

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 10/06/2023 12:00 am
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/space-chronicle-vol-03-issue-4-2023/
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 10/11/2023 10:05 am
A first look at the November 2023 cover!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 10/12/2023 09:36 pm
A friend of mine recently got me Spaceflight for all of 2022. I spread them out on my floor and took this photo (note the dog hair on the carpet).

I have not looked through the issues, but the overall feel of the magazine remained good. High quality printing for the covers. My standard complaint about them using too many dark photos, of course, but the reproduction quality itself is good.

I also got a bunch of Space Chronicles.

Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 11/03/2023 02:34 pm
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: aurora899 on 12/06/2023 05:30 pm
A first look at the January 2024 cover!
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 12/14/2023 07:37 am
https://twitter.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1735207105571807666?t=pghCb5crRVIgssq4pjUUFw&s=19
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 01/11/2024 10:26 am
https://x.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1745398728708518013?s=20
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 01/11/2024 03:21 pm
Thank you for posting that. My standard (tired) complaint: another dark cover. They must buy black and blue ink by the barrel.

I was told a couple of months ago that there is somebody working to digitize all back issues of SF. That's great, because it is an important historical resource. Several other publications (most importantly Aviation Week) have been digitized. I think that other than Space News, Spaceflight and JBIS are the most important ones left (English language ones, anyways). Hopefully, when they do this, they will make the digital issues publicly available.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 02/10/2024 08:56 pm
https://twitter.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1756419384971526279?t=c50PoKuaeHD__g2MtppOrw&s=19
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 02/13/2024 02:20 am
I just got a copy of the fall 2023 issue of Air & Space Magazine. A few years ago they came off the newsstands and became a member only magazine for members of the Air and Space Society. The magazine is smaller, fewer pages. I don't think it looks as good as it did in its heyday, when it had a lot of original stories and photographs (I worked for them in the late 1990s). But it still looks pretty good. Here are a few images. The commercial lunar article is well illustrated although those are almost all press release images, not original, which is something magazines do to keep the cost down.
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: jacqmans on 03/14/2024 09:51 am
https://twitter.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1768182476868902998
Title: Re: Spaceflight Magazine
Post by: Blackstar on 03/14/2024 11:17 am
Now that is a good choice for a cover photo. It has drama and mystery.

Of course, it's still pretty dark...