https://spacewatch.global/tag/apollo/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:30:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/apollo/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/the-space-cafe-podcast-143-with-frank-white/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69199 Frank White has spent decades unpacking something astronauts struggle to describe — the instant you see Earth not as a place you stand on but as the vessel carrying all of us through space. In this first part, Frank traces the roots of the space age — Sputnik, Apollo, Earthrise — and how those shocks and images rewired our sense of ourselves. He shows how global conflict, national pride, and scientific leaps all converge in that fragile blue sphere rising over the lunar horizon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/space-cafe-33-minutes-with-dr-gilles-rabin-french-german-space-of-course-i-still-love-you/ Fri, 05 May 2023 14:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48504 Our Space Café “33 minutes with Dr Gilles Rabin – French-German Space: Of course, I still love you” took place on Tuesday, 28th March. Gilles is a distinguished economist and space advisor, currently serving at the French Embassy in Berlin. With an impressive career spanning over two decades, he has held key positions in urban planning, economic development, and innovation. His journey began at Bipe Conseil, followed by leadership roles in various urban communities including Nancy, Essone, Greater Lyon, and Nice Metropolis.  Gilles's expertise has been pivotal in advising ministers on decentralisation, SMEs, startups, and research. His tenure as Director of Innovation, Applications, and Science at CNES has further solidified his standing in the space sector.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/33-minutes-with-graham-turnock-the-accelerators-esas-plans-to-warp-drive-european-space-recap/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 08:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41957 Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Graham Turnock - The Accelerators: ESA’s plans to warp drive European Space” took place on Tuesday, 28th June. Graham Turnock has been a Special Advisor to the European Space Agency (ESA) since 2021. Before that, he was Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/axiom-space-breaks-ground-on-new-headquarters-in-houston/ Tue, 17 May 2022 07:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40973 Commercial space company Axiom Space, celebrated groundbreaking at the company’s new headquarters at Ellington Airport, the site of the Houston Spaceport in Space City. Axiom Space will construct a campus of offices, astronaut training, and mission control facilities, engineering development and testing labs, as well as a production facility.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/dr-valanathan-munsami-is-appointed-new-isu-chancellor/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 07:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39671 Dr. Valanathan Munsami will be the International Space University’s (ISU) new honorary Chancellor, with a three-year mandate, the institute said. The ISU Chancellor is a representative of the university who participates in convocations, delivers special lectures, and advises the ISU President.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/china-launches-lunar-change-5-mission/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28483&preview=true&preview_id=28483 China launches lunar Chang’e-5 mission]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/spacewatch-column-exorcising-the-ghost-of-apollo-americas-new-era-for-deep-space-exploration/ Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19089&preview=true&preview_id=19089 The US National Space Council published a new document on 23rd July 2020 titled ‘'A New Era for Space Exploration and Development’. This is a particularly interesting document as it is not legally binding, a clear policy statement, nor one of the periodical space ‘strategy’ or review documents, yet it may be one of the more useful and revealing statements about a modern American vision for outer space in recent years.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/european-space-agency-to-help-germanys-ptscientists-get-to-the-moon-in-2020/ Tue, 09 Apr 2019 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13402 European Space Agency (ESA) operations specialists are helping flight planners at new European space startup PTScientists, headquartered in Berlin, pilot their way to the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/spacewatchgl-interviews-daniel-l-dumbacher-of-american-institute-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics/ Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11380 Tell us about your career and the current job you are doing I had a fun career and got to do a lot of cool stuff and work with a lot of cool people. I had the opportunity to work on the Shuttle main engine before the first Shuttle flight as a summer student and ended my NASA career as Program Director on the Space Launch System and Orion at NASA Headquarters.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/spacewatchgl-interviews-ian-jones-of-goonhilly/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 08:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9746 The UK space sector is truly on the up. Years of hard work preparing the ground are finally paying off. With recent announcements promising long awaited spaceports, and the rapid growth and leadership of the UK in the smallsat industry, iconic Goonhilly Teleport is looking forward to a glittering future.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/spacewatchgl-oped-a-forgotten-disc-a-path-to-peace-by-michelle-hanlon/ Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9636 Nestled inside a protective aluminum shell is a silicon disc about the size of a United States half dollar. Inscribed on this disc are microscopic messages from leaders of 73 nations solicited by Thomas Paine, then head of NASA. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/private-space-company-return-apollo-17-landing-site-carefully/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 05:15:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6558 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/11/michelle-hanlon-of-for-all-moonkind/ Sun, 19 Nov 2017 05:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6360 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/11/german-scientists-take-one-giant-leap-towards-moon/ Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:00:26 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=2262 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/07/alina-rocked-berlin/ Fri, 15 Jul 2016 14:00:27 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1009 This content is for members only. 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