Forty years ago today, the crew of Apollo 11 were almost at the Moon with their mission progressing smoothly
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Moon Landing: T Minus 2 Days – The Spacecraft
Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 and its crew were at the half way stage in their journey from Earth orbit to lunar orbit in their Command Service Module, Columbia
Nick Abadzis: Apollo Remembered
Here’s a fab image from Nick Abadzis he’s sent us for our Moon Landing Comics Celebration album
Moon Landing: T Minus 3 Days – Mission Overview
Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 and its crew were on the first day of their journey from Earth orbit to lunar orbit
The Doctor Lands on the Moon for the BBC
nderground Comics organiser Oli Smith has penned a new Doctor Who short story for the BBC Doctor Who web site
Moon Landing: T Minus 4 Days – Launch
Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 and its crew of three blasted off from Pad 39A at Cape Canaveral…
Moon Landing: T Minus 5 Days – Predicting The Date
40 years ago today, the three astronauts making up the crew of Apollo 11 were preparing for launch…
Tube Surfing, 11 July 2009: Starblazer Sculptures, Moon Landings and an Oxfam ComicFest
• Dundee-based artist Trevor Gordon has been in touch, to let you us of a collaborative art project going ahead in Dundee at the Mills Observatory. “I am working with archival material from DC Thomsons and creating sculptural pieces influenced… Read More ›
Apollo 11: Behind the Scenes?
Contributions to our 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing Comics Celebration album on the downthetubes forum are coming in daily, with this latest gem from comics, storyboard artist and illustrator Martin Baines, a tongue-in-cheek tip of the hat to the… Read More ›
Ex Astris Artist Celebrates Moon Landings
Bill Storie (aka Mike Nicoll), the creator of CGI comic Ex Astris featured in Spaceship Away, has sent us this fab piece of art to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first human moon landing, which forms part of a… Read More ›
Blink Twice Battle to Save Mankind!
All right, all right — we admit we did a bit of a double take when we got this piece of hyperbole in our mailbox — surely even for those plucky Etherington Brothers, the creators of Monkey Nuts, Moon and… Read More ›
Commando goes Space Opera with “Shuttle Down!”
For those who would like some new British space opera in the gap between issues of Spaceship Away, one of the early January batch of DC Thomson’s Commando comics is titles “Shuttle Down!” Commando Issue 3971 – one of four Commando titles released this… Read More ›
When is a transit not a transit?
OK, here’s a question about shared experience. If you couldn’t actually look directly at the transit of Venus yesterday (unless you wanted your eyes boiled or something), is there a difference between standing out in your garden with a pair… Read More ›