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Space Chronicle Volume 6-1 January 2026

CONTENTS

40 YEARS OF EXPLORING SPACE
A curator's eye view of 40 years of hugely popular space exhibits at the Science Museum, London
Doug Millard

TEAL RUBY
Examining a mid-1980s plan to launch a polar-orbiting surveillance satellite from the Shuttle - until the Challenger accident.
Bert Vis

SPACE WATCHES GO AUTOMATIC
Could the in-thing among wristwatches in the mid-1960s also do the job on EVAs in outer space?
Philip Corneille

LAUNCHED IN THE UK?
Space Chronicle sets the record straight about the real first rocket launch from British soil to make it beyond the Von Kármán line.
Robin Brand FBIS

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ROBERT GODDARD
A profile of the man who built the first liquid-fuelled rocket 100 years ago, paving the way for space flight to become a reality.
Mat Irvine FBIS

Space Chronicle Volume 6-2 April 2026

CONTENTS

INTERKOSMOS: A REAPPRAISAL
A look back at the cooperative collaboration between Communist Bloc countries in space during the 1970s and 1980s
Brian Harvey FBIS

A SPACE SHUTTLE VISITS THE UK
The only time a Space Shuttle appeared on UK soil was a huge event, as Enterprise landed at Stanstead Airport atop a Boeing 747 in June 1983. The author was there to witness it.
Rick Mulheirn FBIS

SOVIET PRESSURE SUITS OF THE 1930s
A look at the development of aviation pressure suits in the Soviet Union prior to WWII, paving the way for outfitting the first cosmonauts.
Sergej Dvornikov

HONOURING THE FATHER OF APOLLO
A look at a new exhibition at Indianapolis International Airport marks the huge contribution made by Indiana's own Abe Silverstein in achieving President Kennedy's goal for Apollo of landing on the Moon.
Sam Benjamin