Apollo Years

Dr Mike Leggett

Following the celebration in 2019 of the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon in July 1969, the talk outlines the race between the Americans and the Russians to the Moon. The talk covers the early space missions as well as the Apollo missions and spacecraft, with a review of the growth of our knowledge of the Moon following the Apollo missions. The talk also covers Apollo after the Moon, including the Skylab space station and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The final section considers Artemis and the return to the Moon.

As a founder member of the South Lincolnshire Astronomical and Geophysical Society in 1976, Dr Mike Leggett began to present astronomy talks for his local society. Since that time he has presented lectures for the British Interplanetary Society, at University of Aberdeen evening classes, for the Society for the History of Astronomy and to astronomical societies and other groups throughout the UK.

A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, Dr Mike Leggett is also a member of the British Astronomical Association, the Society for Popular Astronomy, the National Space Society and the Planetary Society.

A Graduate in Chemistry and Pharmacology from the University of Nottingham, Dr Leggett also holds a PhD in Chemistry. A Chartered Chemist and a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, he is a member of the Astrophysical Chemistry Group. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Technical Authorship and Communication and is Member of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators.

And after the break - Andrew Wheen: The Carrington Effect

Our own Andrew Wheen will give us an insight to the dangers of coronal mass ejection hitting the Earth. The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859. It was disruptive in 1859 but today it would be catastrophic.

£2 for Members and £3 for Guests.

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