Pip Moss, Content Manager for Antenna, explains one of the latest developments in space exploration, the LightSail.
Director of External Affairs, Roger Highfield, reports on the announcement of Tim Peake’s second mission to the ISS and our new virtual reality experience.
Curator Doug Millard explores the story of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft ahead of it going on display in the UK in 2017.
Astronauts Tim Peake and Tim Kopra wowed hundreds of school children with tales from the International Space Station (ISS) on the same day the European Space Agency (ESA) attempted to land the Schiaparelli module on Mars.
Roger Highfield explores the impact of eclipses on science.
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden told hundreds of young visitors about upcoming missions, deploying the Hubble Space Telescope and the emotion of his final space mission as part of a Royal Society event for schools.
Visitors will get unique insights into the return of ESA’s British astronaut, writes Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs
Daring, avant-garde and achingly cool, the first European Space Agency fashion show touched down in the Science Museum last night.
A galaxy of astronauts gathered at the Science Museum to celebrate 25 years since Helen Sharman became the first Brit in space.
Roger Highfield reveals an exciting new project, Couture in Orbit, which culminates in a space-inspired fashion show at the Museum’s Lates in May 2016.
Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space, reflects on her mission to the Mir space station 25 years ago. You can visit Helen’s website here. Space missions capture the imagination. They turn people on to science. They broaden our horizons too. I can hardly believe that it has been 25 years since I played my small part in this great adventure, the next phase of human exploration. My journey into space began in 1989 after I had answered an advertisement on my car […]
Last year we invited Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince (and their puppet counterparts) into the Museum to film a brand new 6 episode mini series, The Quest For Wonder.