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25/06/2024

Star Wars star Diego Luna has revealed more characters from Rogue One will show up in Andor Season 2. Link in comments for more.

20/06/2024

St Neots Museum tells the story of our town and area through time.

Free for local residents.

10/06/2024
Only 4 Apollo Astronauts left, RIP
08/06/2024

Only 4 Apollo Astronauts left, RIP

We mourn the passing of Apollo Astronaut William "Bill" Anders at the age of 90. He was backup pilot for the Gemini XI, Apollo 11 flights, and was lunar modu...

07/06/2024
Live coverage of Starliner Calypso's rendezvous & docking to the ISS (Approx 18:30 BST)
06/06/2024

Live coverage of Starliner Calypso's rendezvous & docking to the ISS (Approx 18:30 BST)

Watch live as a crewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft docks to the International Space Station for the first time. Starliner will autonomously dock to the forwa...

Spacex Starship Flight Test 4 Live in 5 minutes (Hopefully 🤞)
06/06/2024

Spacex Starship Flight Test 4 Live in 5 minutes (Hopefully 🤞)

[TIME SUBJECT TO CHANGE] This is the fourth fully integrated full stack test flight of Starship and the mighty Super Heavy booster, the largest and most powe...

05/06/2024

Butch & Suni

05/06/2024

60 years ago, 5 June 1964, a British Blue Streak rocket launched for the first time from Woomera, Australia. 🚀

Did you know? Our Blue Streak was rescued off the production line by Museum of Liverpool.

05/06/2024

Watch live as two NASA astronauts launch from Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as one of the final steps on the road to certification. Launch of the ULA (United...

05/06/2024

Enabling & Support Ariane 6 inaugural launch targeted for 9 July 05/06/2024 1562 views 19 likes ESA / Enabling & Support / Space Transportation / Ariane The first launch of Ariane 6 is targeted for 9 July 2024 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announce...

You might remember we covered a story, a few years ago about a duck that was born without a foot & so a 3D printed foot ...
04/06/2024

You might remember we covered a story, a few years ago about a duck that was born without a foot & so a 3D printed foot was created for him.

We have just discovered that unfortunately Buttercup has recently passed away!

27/05/2024

Some exciting aurora news

The Aurora Borealis season will likely continue to be visible throughout summer, only in regions below 53 degrees north, using the map below as a guide if you live or travel south of the light blue areas these regions willl be dark enough late at night to see the aurora when it’s Strong. (Approx 1130pm the closer you are to 53 degrees North) which also means the whole of the USA will be under dark enough skies.

The season usually ends around early April this is because regions like Norway, Iceland simply do not get dark enough for us to see the aurora. However as long as where you are reaches Astronomical twilight ( Sun is sufficiently below the horizon) the skies are dark enough.

With solar maximum, the aurora will CONTINUE to drop further south than usual , so places like Wales, Southern England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Ukraine, Slovakia will see more displays throughout summer.

Here’s some interesting stats for you, on any normal solar maximum period, we would expect around four G5 storms, the strongest where even in Spain we can see the aurora -- we have only had one of these so far in this cycle, (May 10th)

But here’s some really good news the next level down a Severe storm - G4 - we expect 100 of these - we have only had a few so far. With a G4 these are strong enough to be seen as far south as Italy still and overhead in the UK.

The solar maximum is only starting and here’s the thing, a lot of people are saying - the May 10th storm is a once in a lifetime thing - well, even if it was ( and I don’t believe it is) we should still have more incredible storms that will be visible in the UK and Europe.

I’ve seen the aurora more than 300 times all of them different- sometimes during ‘weak’ events they can really go wild, this is because as you all know now during storms you have fluctuations, the key is to be outside as it occurs when these mini bursts are underway - they can last only 15-20 mins but so worth it!

So things are getting really exciting and interesting and for the next few months for those really into aurora chasing - be prepared to head south to see them ☺️

Wishing us strong aurora and clear skies

24/05/2024

Don’t miss out on the excitement! Grab your tickets now and be part of the most anticipated comic con and toyfair in Aylesbury. Let’s make memories that will last a lifetime.

Please help out our friends at Books And Banter! It's an amazing inclusive place to relax & be yourself.
23/05/2024

Please help out our friends at Books And Banter! It's an amazing inclusive place to relax & be yourself.

Weʼre raising money to Help save Books and Banter. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

21/05/2024

Ada's Dream - an advanced euro game coming soon to kickstarter!

18/05/2024
17/05/2024

Working with King Charles The Royal Family on space sustainability, and the Astra Carta. Needed as rocket rides get cheaper and spaceflight becomes more commercial.

Jean-Michel Jarre Live at Starmus in with Brian May
12/05/2024

Jean-Michel Jarre Live at Starmus in with Brian May

Jean-Michel Jarre announces an exceptional one-off live concert event, Bridge from the Future, the opening event of this year’s STARMUS Festival. In associat...

It's amazing to see so many posts from across the UK with Arora Borealis sightings
10/05/2024

It's amazing to see so many posts from across the UK with Arora Borealis sightings

10/05/2024
Live coverage of Boeing Starliner 1st Crewed Launch
06/05/2024

Live coverage of Boeing Starliner 1st Crewed Launch

Watch live as two NASA astronauts launch from Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as one of the final steps on the road to certification. Launch of the ULA (United...

Some great titles this year for
04/05/2024

Some great titles this year for

Just had an amazing chat with Psycho Gran
04/05/2024

Just had an amazing chat with Psycho Gran

04/05/2024

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I discovered an old ZX Spectrum computer game called Apollo 11. The video explains how to play it, but it took me ages to land the Lunar Exploration Module successfully.

TGP Nominal Honorary Crew Member Wil Photography features in this news story about the awesome new Planetarium at Twice Brewed Stargazing!

On TGP Nominal #Podcast we often create little skits during our intros to the show, this is one we created for our 2022 #Christmas Crossover episode. To listen to the whole episode visit: https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/podcasts/tgp-nominal-94-95-christmas-crossover-2022 or search for TGP NOMINAL wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Merry Christmas to all our listeners! 🎅🎄☃️

OMG! That was tense!

Starliner docks with ISS
Starliner docks with ISS

The Boeing Company #Starliner successfully, autonomously rendezvous and docks with #ISS during #OFT2

Rocket Lab "There & Back Again" First Stage, Helicopter Capture
Rocket Lab "There & Back Again" First Stage, Helicopter Capture

Congratulations Rocket Lab for capturing an #Electron first stage booster via helicopter during the "There & Back Again" Mission 🚀🚁

SpaceX NROL-85 First Stage Landing
SpaceX NROL-85 First Stage Landing

Never fails to amaze me!

Present: The Past, The Present & The Future - Our Relationship With The Moon.
Present: The Past, The Present & The Future - Our Relationship With The Moon.

Yuri's Night UK in conjunction with TGP Nominal Present: The Past, The Present & The Future - Our Relationship With The Moon. TGP NOMINAL Podcast’s Mark Taylor & John Berger are joined by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Project Scientist ‘Dr Noah Petro’ to chat about all things Lunar. Topics Featured: Noah’s work with the @Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) The Apollo Program The Artemis Program Lunar Geology Recently released Apollo 17 Moon Rock Samples Preserving Moon Rock Samples Lunar Orbital Observations After LRO The Artemis Accords – International Collaboration For The Future Of Space Exploration International Observe The Moon Night Apologies about the lip sync in places during the video, this was caused by a Skype glitch.

Apollo to Artemis

James Webb Space Telescope Solar Array Deployment
James Webb Space Telescope Solar Array Deployment

James Webb Space Telescope Solar Array Deployment

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Deployment
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Deployment

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Deployment

Rusty Equipment 🎚🎙🎧
Rusty Equipment 🎚🎙🎧

The guys haven't bench tested their gear in a while.... But "Buckle Up & Let's Get This Episode Launched Into The #Podisphere" 🎚🎙🎧 https://tgpnominal.weebly.com/podcasts/tgp-nominal-81

Did somebody say "Whistle for The Doctor" ? #DoctorWhoDay
Did somebody say "Whistle for The Doctor" ? #DoctorWhoDay

Did somebody say "Whistle for The Doctor" ? #DoctorWhoDay

A wake up call from hell!
A wake up call from hell!

This was the initial call from NASA to the ISS regarding the debris caused by Russia's anti-satellite test. Not a fun wakeup call. Safe-haven procedures were put into effect.

View from the #SpaceX Dragon Cupola
View from the #SpaceX Dragon Cupola

View from the #SpaceX #Dragon #Cupola

Resilience hauled onto Go Navigator

Exactly 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin changed the world, when he made his 108 minute voyage into the cosmos. Here is Yuri's Story, We hope you enjoy watching this video. I was an emotional rollercoaster making it "PoyeKhali!" 🚀👨‍🚀

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“Your Monthly Look At All Things Science Fact & Science Fiction”

Blast off into the Podisphere with TGP NOMINAL, Your monthly look at all things Science Fact & Science Fiction. TGP NOMINAL is brought to you by the creative force behind the European Podcast Award nominated, The Garbage POD (TGP) podcast. We launched Episode 1.1 of TGP NOMINAL to coincide with World Space Week 2014 and it proved to be a success with the visitors to the World Space Week website.

We chose 'TGP NOMINAL' as the name of the podcast, because NOMINAL is a positive term used during rocket launches. Originally we wanted to call it “TGP Throttle Up” but we thought that it might be a bad omen and may also conjure up bad memories for some in the space community.

What can you expect from TGP NOMINAL? Well, we have two Podcasts. Our main show covers Space, Science, and Technology news along side news from the world of Sci-Fi, Comic-Cons and Gaming. Whether it be on the big screen, small screen or in print, we will cover it. At TGP NOMINAL we like to endorse S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Education, so we have been working along side a charity based astronomy group called 'UK Astronomy' who their founder 'Ross Hockham' has become our resident astronomer. So, on the first weekend of every month, we launch TGP NOMINAL Xtra into the Podisphere, where Ross comes on board to bring you his unique guide to the skies, for the month ahead. We also use TGP NOMINAL Xtra to bring you exciting content that won't keep until the next episode (for example interviews with TV Show Creators or Event Organisers, prior to the event or broadcast taking place). We are building a network of contributors who will be representing TGP NOMINAL at places of interest and social events, so we can bring you content from them. Since October 2016, we have been collaborating with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to bring our listeners amazing interviews with key personnel involved with their missions, and In 2020, The European Space Agency (ESA) will be coming on board also.