Dr Gareth Dorrian is a post-doctoral researcher in the Space Plasma Environment and Radio Science Group at Lancaster's Department of Physics. His research focusses on the effects of space weather on the Earth's magnetic field.
  • Moon © NASA

    1969 – 2014: 45 years of lunar exploration since Apollo 11

    45-years ago on Sunday (20th July 1969), in fuzzy black and white television images across the globe, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were witnessed by millions of people becoming the first humans to set foot on a world beyond our own.