Welcome to Nigel's site!A Future Astronaut with Virgin Galactic, Nigel was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Leicester in 2012.  Nigel is a co-founder of Pioneer Productions - one of the UK’s top 30 independent TV production companies, specialising in factual and scientific programming. His screen credits include BBC Television, Channel 4 (UK), The Learning Channel, Discovery Channel, WGBH (Boston, Mass) and ABC (Australia). In 2008, Nigel resigned from from Pioneer to pursue his freelance career, but still works for his old company as a consultant. Nigel writes a regular column - with Heather Couper - for The Independent, a leading UK daily newspaper, and also a guide to the night sky in the award-winning monthly science magazine BBC Focus. Previously he has been Astronomy Consultant to New Scientist magazine, Editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association, and Media Consultant to the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Brian Marsden, Director of the Minor Planet Center, presents Nigel with asteroid 3795, in the historic Brooke Bar of the Pink and Lily pub!
In 2006, the International Astronical Union named asteroid 3795 "Nigel" in his honour. He has also signed up as an astronaut with Virgin Galactic, and will fly into space in 2014.
Click here for the Sunday Telegraph's coverage of Nigel's recent trip to Spaceport America, and here for more on Nigel's dream to fly into space. 2013 Eclipse CruiseNigel and Heather are the expert astronomers on an amazing cruise to observe a stunning total eclipse of the Sun on 3 November 2013. Along with ace comet-discoverer Alan Hale, we'll be on board the mega-yacht Seadream II, sailing from Lisbon to Barbados. More details here - book your place now!  |
Astronaut NewsWearing his Space Tourist hat, Nigel is a guest panellist at the 2013 IISC Workshop, Space Tourism: Risks and Solutions   Stargazing 2013
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