Jerry Stone

Freelance presenter on astronomy and space exploration. Contact me regarding public lectures and workshops for schools all over the UK.

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

A special talk for the Welwyn Festival TODAY - 22 June - "The Day They Launched A Woodpecker!"
7pm in The Small Hall at Welwyn Civic Centre, Prospect Place, Welwyn, AL6 9ER. FREE - All welcome. I will have my books which I'm happy to sign, and other space books at reduced prices.

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

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[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

@Justice30 @BIS_spaceflight Thanks for the post - and the photos. If you have any more can you email them to me - [email protected]
Many thanks, Jerry (@SpaceflightUK)

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

I'm off to Mars - again!
NASA's Mars 2020 rover will have my name on it, along with that of my pal, Roger Houston 😀🚀

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

@TheRealBuzz So how did you and Mike get on with Neil's ukulele playing?

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

Oh dear, not as brainy as HAL - A group of bonuses on University Challenge has just been announced as being “on the 60th anniversary of the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey”.
Sorry, UC researchers, you're 10 years out! You lose 5 points!

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

@TheRealHAL9000 Oh dear, not as brainy as HAL - A group of bonuses on University Challenge has just been announced as being “on the 60th anniversary of the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey”. Sorry, UC researchers, you're 10 years out! You lose 5 points!

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

We're almost there! It's #MarsMonday. Tonight the @NASAInSight spacecraft lands on #Mars ... and so do I. Once again, my name is on a Martian spacecraft 😃

[The Pi Hut @ThePiHut]

Competition Time! We're giving away a handful of #RaspberryPi TV HATs (https://t.co/aAXfpZKyLG)!

You can enter here - https://t.co/J9wyUVHGOF.

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

I'll mention this in the next in my series of presentations at @bis_spaceflight covering all the Apollo missions. #RoadtoApollo50th #5decadesofApollo #Apollo50 #Apollo50LectureSeries. Book now at https://t.co/AgAFUpnYrC

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

#NEWS: The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union has today officially approved the naming of two craters on the #Moon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the #Apollo 8 mission. The names are Anders’ Earthrise and 8 Homeward.

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

James Webb - known as the Fastest Mouth in the West!

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

James Webb (left) was the 2nd NASA Administrator, and the last day of his term was #today in 1968! It's also his birthday! Here he is with Abe Silverstein, at the time, the director of the Lewis Research Center! The James Webb Space Telescope (@NASAWebb) is named after Mr. Webb!

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

I was there😁🚀🌒

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

Were you at BIS HQ to celebrate 💯 episodes of spACE #podcast awesomeness 🎙🚀🌒✨ with Matt & Jamie @Interplanetypod ? 🥂🍾Here's a bit of a #Bowie flashback from that night by the fabulous #mardhys💫 #HappyMemories
🚀🎤🎸🥁🎶💫 #PuttingTheAceBackIntoSpace #SoMuchFun #SpaceRocks

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

We are deeply saddened to hear that Rick Searfoss who served in the NASA Astronaut Corps from 1990 to 1999, flew three Space Shuttle missions STS-58, STS-76 and STS-90, was a test pilot, and commercial test astronaut for XCOR Aerospace Company, has died. He was 62.

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

#OTD 10 October, 1967
The Outer Space Treaty was signed this week, 51 years ago today. The #Treaty represents the basic legal framework of international Space Law, and promotes the peaceful exploration and use of #outer #space.
@WorldSpaceWeek #WSW2018 #SpaceLaw #Apollo

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

#OTD in 1968
The #Apollo7 mission, AS-205, on the fifth Saturn IB launch vehicle developed by @NASA_Marshall, lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the first manned Apollo-Saturn mission, with crew Schirra, Eisele, & Cunningham. It orbited the Earth 163 times. Credit @NASA

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

Join us at BIS HQ on October 11th, when Jerry Stone will be giving the first in our #Apollo50 5⃣0⃣ 🚀🌖 series of talks about the #Apollo7 Mission, & the first manned test of the CSM. The crew orbited the Earth 163 times & spent 10 days & 20 hours in space.https://t.co/XSs6MbnltS

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

British Interplanetary Society review of the short-term effect that the Soyuz
MS-10 Launch Abort may have on the continued operation of the ISS...
https://t.co/n4p2AL8veS

[BIS @BIS_spaceflight]

A full house at BIS HQ tonight for the first in our Apollo 50 series of talks.
Jerry Stone’s fascinating talk on #Apollo7 will be available for members to view online, as will the entire #Apollo50LectureSeries.
(Video Link: #Apollo7 tribute by @NASA)
https://t.co/efV2IbqoZ7

[NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASAJohnson]

50 years ago today, the Apollo 7 mission blasted into orbit! The success of this first manned Apollo flight was critical for future lunar exploration. Astronaut Wally Schirra enjoyed the ascent, reporting "She is riding like a dream." #Apollo50 https://t.co/AlDm5pglT1

[Jerry Stone @SpaceflightUK]

All part of celebrating #5decadesofApollo