The British Interplanetary Society

Viking 1 – NASA Science

Fifty years ago this week, humanity’s exploration of Mars entered a new era. On 20 July 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander touched down on the western slopes of Chryse Planitia — Mars’ “Golden Plain” — becoming the first s...

by Rick Mulheirn, FBIS

Dan Tani was the guest speaker at The Armchair Astronaut’s latest Space Social, on a very hot and sweaty July 11th. Thank goodness for air conditioning! Exhibitors and trade tables catered for hardcore space nerds and the casual enthusiast alike. From patches, photographs and meteorites to signed books, flown artefacts, space a...

On 22nd June, the BIS hosted the UK selection event for the IAC 2026 Student Paper Competition at HQ, welcoming finalists whose abstracts had already been accepted into the E2 Student Conference at the International Astronautical Congress.  After a morning of fifteen‑minute presentations spanning topics from lunar governance and tele‑robotics t...