Life After Microgravity: Astronauts Reflect on Post-Flight Recovery 

Space changes you. It strengthens some muscles, weakens others, shifts fluids within your body, and realigns your sense of balance. NASA’s Human Research Program works to understand—and sometimes even counter—those changes so astronauts can thrive on future deep space missions.   Astronauts aboard the International Space Station work out roughly two hours a day to protect […]

O gauge point

 As always there are a couple of side projects to do while the glue is going off. The first is Mr. Hill’s Gauge O project. In an idle moment I grabbed a point plan (blown up some years back from the EM gauge society stash). This was stuck to a bit…

Plan ahead advice for rail upgrade work north of Newcastle

Passengers are reminded that there will be changes to journeys over the next two weekends because of various rail improvement projects. Network Rail teams will be working at locations around the North East, meaning lines between Newcastle and Edinburgh will close on 13-14 and 20-21 September. The engineering work includes new track, drainage systems, switches and […]