From the BIS Archives: how “scientists are a necessity to science fiction.”

Arianespace provided another on-time Ariane 5 launch by orbiting a pair of telecommunications spacecraft on a mission that included multiple milestones

The initial passenger for Arianespace’s third Ariane 5 mission of 2012 is now in French Guiana for a heavy-lift launch scheduled for June 19 from the Spaceport

A future with gigantic space wheels, winged rockets, orbital tugs and tiny space suited figures busy creating a future that remains tantalizingly out of reach

Scientists have confirmed a variety of ways in which Vesta more closely resembles a small planet or Earth's moon than another asteroid

The instrument at the heart of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) spacecraft – NASA’s first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric CO2 – has left JPL

The UKSEDS conference took place, bringing together space students and enthusiasts to enjoy two days of talks, discussions and exhibitions.

ATK has developed Liberty into a commercial crew transportation system, including the spacecraft, abort system, launch vehicle, and ground & mission operations

SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace will offer rides on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, using the Falcon launch vehicle to carry passengers to Bigelow habitats

The Gaia Spacecraft, due for launch in 2013 is a cornerstone ESA Astronomy mission designed to map 1 billion objects within our Galaxy.

A secondary school in Kent tasked its students to apply science in an educational yet engaging way, by encompassing the famous Angry Birds

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has finished an important evaluation of a prototype Dragon spacecraft designed to carry people into orbit.

To the Moon and Back – in a BIS Spaceship. The first Odyssey Special has now been emailed to the BIS membership.

David A. Hardy tells us how the BIS changed his life, Siren Worlds, Arthur C. Clarke Awards, Piers Bizony’s Prestige Lecture and as ever, much more

Hampshire teenagers are invited to be the first in the world to take part in a ground-breaking search and find competition by playing on their mobile devices.

If R is for Rocket, as Ray Bradbury suggested in the title of his 1962 collection of short stories, then “S” must surely be for Skylon

With this issue we bring the first article in a new content addition to the journal. INVITED COMMENTARY are short (refereed) opinion piece articles by specialists who would like to share a particular view point on a research topic of interest or on a subject that they feel requires more attention by the academic community.

Piers Bizony's visually exciting lecture will look at the making of '2001' and put its design and technology in context, more than forty years after the film's first release.

Martin Griffiths talks to Odyssey in advance of his lecture in May 2012

Latest news in understanding the unification of the weak and electromagnetic forces and the origin of mass at the Large Hadron Collider, CERN