{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"The Armchair Astronaut","home_page_url":"https://thearmchairastronaut.co.uk","description":"The Armchair Astronaut","author":{"name":"The Armchair Astronaut"},"items":[{"id":"chris-sembroski","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d7d3af47-54b5-4c7d-acfa-5e6c641d32bf/Chris%20Sembroski%20Banner300FB2_preview.png\"/><p>The Armchair Astronaut Spring Space Social 2026</p>","url":"https://thearmchairastronaut.co.uk/dan-tani/f/chris-sembroski","title":"Chris Sembroski (Spring Space Social 2026 Reviews)","date_modified":"2026-03-07T22:00:00Z"},{"id":"falling-satellites-and-the-end-of-aviation-apparently","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d7d3af47-54b5-4c7d-acfa-5e6c641d32bf/Falling%20Satellites.png\"/><p>My morning routine is a finely balanced ritual that gets me up and out, in the car, turn on the local radio breakfast show and half-listen to music and banter while my brain slowly boots up, the caffeine kicks in and I n...</p>","url":"https://thearmchairastronaut.co.uk/dan-tani/f/falling-satellites-and-the-end-of-aviation-apparently","title":"Falling Satellites and the End of Aviation (Apparently)","date_modified":"2026-01-07T16:02:49Z"},{"id":"spacewoman-eileen-collins-and-the-courage-to-command","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/d7d3af47-54b5-4c7d-acfa-5e6c641d32bf/spacewoman%20film%20UK%20dates.jpg\"/><p>The feature length documentary \"Spacewoman\" arrived in UK cinemas this week. 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