Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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The April 2018 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2017 – 2018 (136th) session will be held on Friday, April 20th from 19:00 to 21:30. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Paul L Money FRAS FBIS, whose lecture is entitled: “Triumphs of Voyager [part 2]: Where no probe has gone before” This is the second part of a two-part lecture; the first part took place at our October 2017 meeting. In this instalment, we cast an eye to the Icy Giant encounters with Uranus and Neptune and take a look at the Interstellar Mission as these probes […]Continue Reading »
The April 2017 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2016-17, will take place on Friday, April 21st 2017 from 7pm. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Martin Lunn MBE FRAS, whose lecture is entitled: “Telstar” Subscriptions for 2016-2017 are now overdue and should have been paid by October 1st. Adult Annual Subscription is £15.00 Junior Members Subscription (10 to 17yrs) is £5.00 Please contact the Treasurer if you wish to become a member. The LAS e-newsletter is now included in your normal subscription cost Free tea/coffee with light refreshments break will form part of the evening at about 8pm. Please […]Continue Reading »
The November 2016 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2016-17, will take place on Friday, November 18th 2016 from 7pm. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Paul L Money FRAS FBIS, whose lecture is entitled: “Into the Darkness, but shining a light” – The New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond Subscriptions for 2016-2017 are now overdue and should have been paid by October 1st. Adult Annual Subscription is £15.00 Junior Members Subscription (10 to 17yrs) is £5.00 Please contact the Treasurer if you wish to become a member. The LAS e-newsletter is now included in your normal subscription cost […]Continue Reading »
PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT. Apollo 13 was to be the third Lunar landing until an explosion in an oxygen tank crippled the spacecraft, leaving the three man crew in grave danger 200,000 miles from Earth. In his lecture, Sy will talk about his key role in the Apollo 13 crisis, how he made the call that ended the mission to land on the Moon and how, as part of the Mission control team, returned the crew safely back to Earth. Join The Knowledge Observatory in the Lecture Theatre at The Heath Business & Technical Park in Runcorn from […]Continue Reading »
