{"title": "BIS Evening Lecture: “One Light-Day from Home” – Celebrating Voyager 1 with Dr Garry Hunt OBE", "start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T21:00:00Z", "place": "British Interplanetary Society", "address": "South Lambeth Road 27-29, SW8 1SZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/space-exploration"], "description": "The British Interplanetary Society hosts an evening lecture titled “One Light-Day from Home” – Celebrating Voyager 1 with Dr Garry Hunt OBE, taking place in person at its headquarters and online. It marks Voyager 1 reaching one light-day from Earth, roughly 25.9 billion kilometres, so its radio signals take a full 24 hours to arrive home. Dr Garry Hunt, the only UK-resident scientist selected by NASA for the Voyager mission and a member of its Imaging Team, shares first-hand recollections from mission control, the outer planet encounters and the Pale Blue Dot campaign. Drawing on more than fifty years in planetary science, atmospheric physics and space broadcasting, he reflects on what it means for a human-made object to sit a full light-day from the world that built it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bis-evening-lecture-one-light-day-from-home-celebrating-voya-60129/", "official_url": "https://www.bis-space.com/event/bis-evening-lecture-one-light-day-from-home-voyager-1-at-one-light-day-with-dr-garry-hunt-obe/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/347d158e2fb064ae6ee6286406caafa23286e8a5262e436504d885fa8dfcb62a-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T21:00:00Z", "place": "British Interplanetary Society", "address": "South Lambeth Road 27-29, SW8 1SZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Flamsteed Lecture: the secret history of a space mission", "start": "2026-11-16T19:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Flamsteed Members: FREE | Guests of Flamsteed Members: £15 | Royal Museums Greenwich Members: £12", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/astronomy/space"], "description": "A Flamsteed Astronomy Society lecture held at the National Maritime Museum. 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The talk covers discoveries about the origin of stars, galaxies and water, and the human story behind the science.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/flamsteed-lecture-the-secret-history-of-a-space-mission-37285/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/flamsteed-lecture-secret-history-space-mission", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae9832336643e6d8e48d91ef8f8514ebb6e32e7b187ddd26a549f98bc60e4230-1200.webp"}, {"title": "BIS Two-Day Symposium: Beyond the Moon 2026", "start": "2026-11-19T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T17:00:00Z", "place": "British Interplanetary Society", "address": "South Lambeth Road 27-29, SW8 1SZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/space-exploration"], "description": "The BIS Two-Day Symposium: Beyond the Moon 2026 is an annual two-day conference on how humanity can expand beyond lunar bases into the wider solar system. 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It takes place in person at the society's headquarters or online via Zoom and includes a light lunch.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bis-two-day-symposium-beyond-the-moon-2026-60130/", "official_url": "https://www.bis-space.com/event/beyond-the-moon-2026-two-day-symposium/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d898cc0af30a438abeca6d2c3c8854a508459e98b346378e0d478f26bb61f408-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Unboxing the Universe", "start": "2026-11-14T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "£8 for adult / child / student ticket", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "Unboxing the Universe is a multi-sensory live science theatre show that turns big questions about space into exciting moments of discovery and wonder. It features live demonstrations from Royal Observatory astronomers, strange smells and hands-on audience participation, tackling questions like what a black hole is, what the Solar System smells like and whether the speed of light can be beaten. Aimed at ages seven and up, it ends with a chance to put your own burning questions to the experts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/unboxing-the-universe-37271/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8a809b94eb7b16382e9f60ffbcfbbcde29e5a51bec9cb1778b4c483a5d653850-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Empire at the Edge of the World: an illustrated lecture", "start": "2026-11-17T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free for Members", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/exploration"], "description": "An illustrated lecture about a 1913 Arctic expedition, in which explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson dispatched a small, ill-equipped voyage to claim Wrangel Island in the Siberian Arctic for the British Empire, believing its possession would control the future. The lecture takes place at the National Maritime Museum and is also livestreamed to Zoom. It is told by Giles Milton, an internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history whose books have been translated into 25 languages. Milton is also the writer and narrator of the podcast series Ministry of Secrets, produced by Sony.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/empire-at-the-edge-of-the-world-an-illustrated-lecture-37286/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/empire-edge-world-illustrated-lecture", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3b2bb8e9b02cf7a5f9885a1a42966483c1de9e0725df5055347a94448422b4aa-1200.webp"}]}