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Statement from the British Interplanetary Society about the Coronavirus outbreak
Update 13 May 2020 Dear BIS Fellows and Members A brief update is in order and I do hope that […]
Latest News And Information From the British Interplanetary Society
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Crew Dragon Return
On Sunday, 2nd August, 2020, at 2:48 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, with NASA astronauts Robert “Bob” […]
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Svetlana Savitskaya
Last week, cosmonaut Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya turned72 – Happy Birthday, Svetlana! Her life has been one of achievement – in […]
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Virgin Galactic Cabin Reveal
At 18:00 British Summer Time, 28th July 2020, Virgin Galactic revealed the appearance of the cabin interior of their space […]
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This Month in JBIS: July 2020
Protocols For Encounter With Extraterrestrials: lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic by John W. Traphagan and Ken Wisian: This paper […]
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Project Orbital Ring
The field of space exploration is more active now that it has perhaps ever been. Space agencies, startups, and well-established […]
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BIS Student Technical Working Group
Are you a BIS Member under 22? Do you have big ideas you want to share about space exploration? Do […]
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SpaceX, Dragon splash down
Return of the Dragon The first splash down in 45 years! Looking at the news coverage I wondered if the […]
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Airbus UK wins contract for Sample-Return Mars Rover
Hard on the heels – or wheels! – of the “Rosalind Franklin” rover, Stevenage-based Airbus UK has secured the next […]
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The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
This week marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, was the first international space mission, between America and Russia, […]
British Interplanetary Society Events
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LIVESTREAM: Astrobiology
Title: Livestreamed Question and Answer session on Astrobiology. Speaker: Michael Franks (hosted by Alistair Scott) Livestream via YouTube: Q&A will […]
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LIVESTREAM: Skybolt, Blue Steel & Politics!
Time and date: 15 August 2020 at 14:00 BST (Livestream) Speaker: Rod Woodcock Not long after the end of World […]
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‘Ever Decreasing Circles’ – An Introduction to Spacecraft Mission Orbits
British Interplanetary Society Evening Lecture Date for Live Q&A: Wednesday 2 September 2020 Venue: Streamed for Public Viewing Title: ‘Ever […]
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Interstellar Precursor Missions: BIS West Midlands Talks
The West Midlands Branch Presents Interstellar Precursor Missions By Rob Swinney of the Institute for Interstellar Studies Speaker: Rob Swinney […]
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First Steps to Interstellar Probes- i4is Project Glowworm
Joint BIS/HS lecture – First Steps to Interstellar Probes- i4is Project Glowworm Friday 2 October 2020 BRLSI Zoom Lecture 7.30 […]
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Virtual IAC
Since its first edition in 1950, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) has been the place for all space people to […]
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BIS West Midlands Branch Talks
The West Midlands Branch Presents Optimum Interplanetary Trajectory Software’, from Interplanetary to Interstellar By Adam Hibberd. Speaker: Adam Hibberd Date: […]
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UK Nitric Acid Oxidiser Rocket Engines By John Harlow
The West Midlands Branch Presents UK Nitric Acid Oxidiser Rocket Engines By John Harlow Speaker: John Harlow Date: Saturday 12th […]
Further News And Information From The British Interplanetary Society
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Evolution through the process of natural selection results in what is commonly referred to…
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They’ll Be Watching You
Colonization of other worlds is often seen as a means of establishing free…
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JBIS Vol 70 No 02-04
The latest issue of JBIS has now been published and contains the following papers…
