Tony Riches

Contributing Writer
Tony Riches -
Tony Riches -

Based in west Wales in the UK, I am a published Author and full time writer

Follow me on twitter @tonyriches and visit my blogs:

The Writing Desk - All about writers and writing with loads of useful writing links

NASA Latest - top news direct from NASA, with pictures and comment

Kayak Journeys - kayaking the seas, lakes and rivers of the world

The Awakeining Conscience - thoughts on Ruskin and the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood

Latest Articles

Space Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely at the Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle Discovery Landed safely at 11.59 EST (16.35 GMT) on Wednesday 9th March 2011 on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center.
Mar 9, 2011 - Tony Riches
Cloak of Invisibility is a Scientific Possibility
Scientists are experimenting with magnetic resonance to capture rays of visible light and bend them round objects, making them invisible.
Mar 2, 2011 - Tony Riches
Space Shuttle Discovery Launched After Last Minute Drama
The Shuttle Discovery launched from Launch Pad 39A in perfect conditions at 4:50 p.m. EST on its final Mission STS-133 to the International Space Station.
Feb 24, 2011 - Tony Riches
New Era for Journeys of Discovery In Space
NASA is preparing for new journeys of discovery, using innovative technologies to enable exploration and increase understanding of our solar system.
Feb 17, 2011 - Tony Riches
NASA Glory Spacecraft To Help Predict Climate Change
NASA's Glory spacecraft mission will help scientists predict future changes to our climate by using new data to model the causes of global warming.
Feb 12, 2011 - Tony Riches
NASA Find Ring of Black Holes
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a pair of colliding galaxies over 430 million light years from Earth.
Feb 10, 2011 - Tony Riches
Children's Author Beatrix Potter's House at Hill Top
Children's author Beatrix Potter's house at Hill Top in Cumbria was donated to the National Trust who keep it as much as possible as she left it in 1943.
Feb 9, 2011 - Tony Riches
NASA Deputy Administrator Visits Dream Chaser Space Craft Project
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visits Dream Chaser project and space exploration and technology development critical to America's future in space.
Feb 5, 2011 - Tony Riches
Robonaut 2 on Super Bowl Pre-game TV Show
Robonaut2, NASA's new state of the art space robot will be seen on US television for the first time by millions of viewers in the Super Bowl pre-game show.
Feb 4, 2011 - Tony Riches
NASA Kepler Mission Discovers New Planets
The NASA Kepler Mission has identified an extraordinary new planetary system that is the most compact ever discovered beyond our own.
Feb 3, 2011 - Tony Riches