Outputs (9)

Commanding missions, making history (2022)
Journal Article

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

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.

The imitation game (2019)
Journal Article

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch talks to Andrew Glester about what it's like to play famous scientists

Race to lunar space (2019)
Journal Article

Visitor from another star (2019)
Journal Article

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

The asteroid trillionaires (2018)
Journal Article

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.

Boldly going to a galaxy far, far away (2018)
Journal Article

As a science-fiction fan, I am often asked, "Star Trek or Star Wars?" It's no surprise to see new books exploring the science of each coming out.

Science at the Fringe (2017)
Journal Article

Andrew Glester visits this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe and seeks out science-themed shows

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

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.