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Commanding missions, making history (2022)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (in press). Commanding missions, making history. Physics World, 35(6), 49

Andrew Glester reviews Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: the Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen M Collins with Jonathan H Ward.

Ambassador for the Space Age (2021)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2021). Ambassador for the Space Age. Physics World, 33(12), Article 40

Commercial spaceflight industry professional and science communicator Kellie Gerardi was one of the many who wanted to be part of the nascent Space Age. But with a degree in film studies rather than aerospace engineering, her nontraditional path in t... Read More about Ambassador for the Space Age.

Visitor from another star (2019)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2019). Visitor from another star. Physics World, 32(2), 32-37. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/32/2/31

Asteroid, comet, alien ship or something else altogether? Astronomers are still unsure about the true nature of 'Oumuamua – the first confirmed interstellar object to be detected in our solar system – as Andrew Glester finds

Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community (2018)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2018). Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(5), 1562-1568

The UK-based “Space Universities Network” (SUN) was formed in 2016 with the aim of enhancing the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the space science and engineering higher education community. The goal of this res... Read More about Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community.

The asteroid trillionaires (2018)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2018). The asteroid trillionaires. Physics World, 31(6), 33-35. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/31/6/29

The race to the riches of asteroids is on, with several private companies vying for funding to become the first space miners. Andrew Glester digs into the issues involved in making money from asteroids.

Sitting outside the Milky Way: Communicating science with adults in a 3D planetarium (2017)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2017). Sitting outside the Milky Way: Communicating science with adults in a 3D planetarium

Planetariums are evolving. In July 2015, the @Bristol Planetarium became the first 3D planetarium in the UK. Audiences are taken on a multimedia, 3D journey through the Cosmos to supplement the more traditional 2D representation of the night sky. Thi... Read More about Sitting outside the Milky Way: Communicating science with adults in a 3D planetarium.