Did you know that it’s over 100 years since the first scheduled domestic air service in Britain?
To find out more about our guest authors, you can find their biographies at the end of each post.
You may have heard the term ‘science communication’ before, but do you know exactly what it means? In this guest post, Volunteer Communications Assistant Megan tells us more…
On 2 April 2018, the prototype Chinese space station Tiangong-1 made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. However, scientists weren’t able to accurately know when and where it would finally land until the last 24 hours.
Find out more about Tim Peake’s spacesuit, the Sokol KV-2 emergency spacesuit worn by the British ESA astronaut as he traveled into space.
In this guest post, Troy Wood tells us how he came up with his award-winning badge that Tim Peake wore on his suit as he rocketed into space in 2015.
The Science Museum Group is delighted to announce that Peterborough Cathedral have won the competition to host Tim Peake’s Spacecraft Tour later in 2018.
Dr Jessica Wade asks, “why is getting girls into STEM still an issue, and what can we do to change things?”
In part two of our series on re-entry, we ask aerospace engineering researcher Tom Fisher to consider some more unusual hypersonic objects.
The Soyuz capsule that brought Tim Peake back from space will be on display at the Museum between 10 March and 13 May 2018. But how dangerous was the journey home? In part one of a two-part series we look at the science of returning from space.
To celebrate 2018 as being the Chinese Year of the Dog, ‘Barketing’ Assistant Shannon picked out four of her most paw-esome dog related items in the museum’s collection.
What is it about steam traction engines that persuades so many to put so much time, effort and money into keeping them alive?
Long before this museum stood on the site of Liverpool Road Station there was an “unofficial” museum here displaying some railway treasures.