Taking a break from release news, we’re giving over the blog today to an extract from Steven M. Caddy’s exploration adventure novel In Exchange. “Sunlight shone in through the windows in Michael’s room. The windows were too high to see out of, unless you climbed up to peek out. The benefit of having such high windows …
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Our Etsy Store
As you may have noticed, we have a number of locations that you can buy officially sanctioned merchandise from, however most of this isn’t directly available from us. But we do have an etsy store that you can purchase eBooks, paperback books and even posters directly from us. Our current range of products includes: The …
Indie Pride Day
It’s July 1st once again, which means it’s Indie Pride Day! Yes, it’s one of our favourite days of the years (the others including May 4th, Tolkien’s birthday, World Book Day, the E3 conference days – well we could go on, but it’s still a pretty great day) It’s been a bit of an up …
The Challenger Disaster
On 28th January 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight. The seven crew members (5 NASA astronauts and 2 Payload Specialists) all died. An O-ring seal on the right solid rocket booster failed and led to the disintegration of Challenger. The Crew Members Left to right: Teacher-in-Space payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe; payload …
The Space Shuttle Discovery
The Space Shuttle Discovery was the third of the five shuttles to be built by NASA. Discovery was the third shuttle after the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Space Shuttle Challenger. The Service of Discovery The Space Shuttle Discovery flew it’s first mission from 30th August to 5th September 1984 and was in use for …
The Apollo Legacy
The Apollo program paved the way for space travel and exploration as we know it, but the legacy that the Apollo program left behind is somehow greater than getting men to the moon. Apollo 1 – 10 Apollo 1 – Planned for 21st Febraury 1967, Apollo 1 never launched. On 27th January 1967, a fire …
Apollo 11: the men and the moon
“It’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” These words still give people goosebumps when they hear them, such is the impact that Neil Armstrong stepping out onto the surface of the moon had on the hearts and minds of millions. The first moon landing, after so many firsts, was something different …
The First US Spacewalk
Though Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space, the first American to walk in space stepped out into the black a few years after Leonov. Ed White Edward Higgins “Ed” White II performed his spacewalk as part of the Gemini 4 mission. On 3rd June 1965 Ed White stepped out into space …
Free Floating in Space
It has been just over 51 years since the first man freely floated in space. Alexei Leonov, a Soviet cosmonaut. Leonov spent 12 minutes floating in space above planet Earth tethered to his ship by a 16ft cable. Though the idea of walking in space seems to be somewhat routine in the exploration of space; there have …
Apollo 15
Apollo 15 was the fourth Apollo mission where men landed on the moon. It was a mission set to explore the Hadley-Apennine Region of the moon. LRV The LRV or Lunar Roving Vehicle was deployed for the first time with the Apollo 15 crew. The LRV allowed the astronauts to explore much further than the …
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