Author Topic: Spaceflight Magazine (Read 212133 times)

Blackstar · « **Reply #360 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.

Oersted · « **Reply #361 on:** 06/08/2023 07:09 pm »

Thanks for your comment Whitestar ;-)

Blackstar · « **Reply #362 on:** 06/08/2023 07:39 pm »

Quote from: Oersted on 06/08/2023 07:09 pm

Thanks for your comment Whitestar ;-)

Tou·ché!

(FWIW, I picked "Blackstar" because of this: https://thespacereview.com/article/576/1 )

Oersted · « **Reply #363 on:** 06/11/2023 09:46 pm »

Cool name for sure!

Bob Shaw · « **Reply #364 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.

jacqmans · « **Reply #365 on:** 07/25/2023 06:46 am »

aurora899 · « **Reply #366 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/

Blackstar · « **Reply #367 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.

LtCmdr · « **Reply #368 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...

aurora899 · « **Reply #369 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!

Blackstar · « **Reply #370 on:** 09/13/2023 11:43 am »

Quote from: 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!

Blackstar · « **Reply #371 on:** 10/06/2023 12:00 am »

https://bis-space.com/shop/product/space-chronicle-vol-03-issue-4-2023/

aurora899 · « **Reply #372 on:** 10/11/2023 10:05 am »

A first look at the November 2023 cover!

Blackstar · « **Reply #373 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.

jacqmans · « **Reply #374 on:** 11/03/2023 02:34 pm »

aurora899 · « **Reply #375 on:** 12/06/2023 05:30 pm »

A first look at the January 2024 cover!

jacqmans · « **Reply #376 on:** 12/14/2023 07:37 am »

https://twitter.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1735207105571807666?t=pghCb5crRVIgssq4pjUUFw&s=19

jacqmans · « **Reply #377 on:** 01/11/2024 10:26 am »

https://x.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1745398728708518013?s=20

Blackstar · « **Reply #378 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.

jacqmans · « **Reply #379 on:** 02/10/2024 08:56 pm »

https://twitter.com/Rob_Coppinger/status/1756419384971526279?t=c50PoKuaeHD__g2MtppOrw&s=19