Meet the man who single-handedly tracks every spaceflight mission ever

Jonathan McDowell has been a load-bearing a part of the world’s spaceflight information for greater than 4 many years. His month-to-month e-newsletter on the trade – Jonathan’s Space Report – particulars all upcoming launches and has change into an important useful resource for everybody from eager amateurs to house professionals, whereas his library of house trade data and ephemera, which occupies round 90 sq. metres, is one in all the most in depth non-public collections on the topic in the world.

But now, McDowell is retiring and looking for a brand new dwelling for this trove. He spoke…