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Next Meeting
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Wednesday December 9th at 8:00pm on Zoom
Richard Hollingham
“Space Dogs”
Before cosmonauts and astronauts, a
team of Soviet space dogs pioneered
the road to the stars. The dogs were
strays, recruited from the streets of
Moscow, and were fed, nurtured and
trained to feel comfortable in the
confines of space rockets. Then they
were blasted into the unknown. Many
returned to Earth but others – such as the first dog in orbit, Laika – never
made it back. Her successors were
Belka and Strelka, the first dogs to
successfully orbit and return safely to
Earth. The dogs became cult heroes,
appearing on stamps, postcards and all
manner of strange souvenirs.
In his new book "Space Dogs", with
Martin Parr, multi-award-winning science
and space journalist Richard Hollingham
tells the story of these canine
cosmonauts. Join Richard as he explores the circumstances that lead to dogs
becoming space pioneers, the cult of
celebrity that followed Belka and
Strelka’s return to earth, and the
importance of the Space Dog’s legacy.
Richard Hollingham is a multi-award-
winning science and space journalist,
BBC radio presenter and producer.
Space correspondent for BBC future
and presenter of the Space Boffins
Podcast, Richard is also a producer
and launch commentator for the
European Space Agency. He is a
regular visitor to Russia, and has
reported from space centres around
the world, including the Baikonur
cosmodrome and mission control
Moscow.
Guests welcome
Comet Neowise
Photographed by Martin Weston July 2020
Comet Neowise
Photographed by Richard Sheppard July 2020
Comet Neowise
Photographed by Matthew Marston July 2020
Who needs the JWT when you can do this
from your back garden?
Thanks Steve
Dumbell Nebula
Martin Weston
Hubble Palette
2 Sept 2020
Sun, Moon and Mars
Richard Sheppard
September - November 2020
Topic: Richard Hollingham - Space Dogs
Time: Dec 9, 2020 20:00 London
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What did you get up to on Hallowe’en? Jerry Stone got creative!
The constellations are all genuine and accurate, and they are also roughly in the right relative
positions!
It took Jerry about 3 hours to hollow out the pumpkin, plot out the star positions and do the carving.
National Astronomy Week 14-22 November
Lots of great events that you can attend online - many of them FREE!
Next Meeting
Wednesday December 9th at
8:00pm on Zoom
Richard Hollingham
“Space Dogs”
Before
cosmonauts and
astronauts, a
team of Soviet
space dogs
pioneered the
road to the stars.
The dogs were strays,
recruited from the
streets of Moscow,
and were fed,
nurtured and trained
to feel comfortable in
the confines of space
rockets. Then they
were blasted into the
unknown. Many returned to Earth but others –
such as the first dog in orbit, Laika – never
made it back. Her successors were Belka and
Strelka, the first dogs to successfully orbit and
return safely to Earth. The dogs became cult
heroes, appearing on stamps, postcards and all
manner of strange souvenirs.
In his new book "Space
Dogs", with Martin
Parr, multi-award-
winning science and
space journalist
Richard Hollingham
tells the story of these
canine cosmonauts.
Join Richard as he
explores the
circumstances that
lead to dogs becoming space pioneers, the cult
of celebrity that followed Belka and Strelka’s
return to earth, and the importance of the
Space Dog’s legacy.
Richard Hollingham is a multi-award-winning
science and space journalist, BBC radio
presenter and producer. Space correspondent
for BBC future and presenter of the Space
Boffins Podcast, Richard is also a producer and
launch commentator for the European Space
Agency. He is a regular visitor to Russia, and
has reported from space centres around the
world, including the Baikonur cosmodrome and
mission control Moscow.
Topic: Richard Hollingham - Space Dogs
Time: Dec 9, 2020 20:00 London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96087703568?pwd=YVh5M2c5b0dvazVNY
XNhUjdoRzBSUT09
Meeting ID: 960 8770 3568
Passcode: 643757
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