The Great Geordie Space Race
This part of the world has a long and rich astronomical tradition, starting with The Venerable Bede in the 7th Century right up to the present day, where the new space race is already taking shape within this small corner of the United Kingdom.
The Great Geordie Space Race is about celebrating that tradition and about trying to raise awareness of the work done in this part of the world, not just in the time of Bede but more recently, with the work of astronomers such as Espin, Backhouse, Newall, Airy and, of course, the region's Universities, who continue to operate at the cutting edge of astronomical research.