Welcome to the website for the Space Oddities YouTube channel! We are an international team of astronomy communicators, and our mission is to bring the Universe to you ! On our channel you will find more than 500 videos we have produced about astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and space exploration.
In addition, every week, in a YouTube livestream, we bring you the latest astronomy and space exploration news, discussion, presentations, special guests, sky guides, viewers’ galleries and a lot more! We also cover major space launches and other events live. Plus, every two months we publish a free magazine, CapCom, all about rocketry and spaceflight. We hope you will subscribe to our channel. If it’s happening in space, it’s happening on Space Oddities! You can contact us at
Meet the Space Oddities team! Hover your mouse over the pulsing buttons to learn more about them.
Andy Briggs
Andy is the creator and channel manager of Space Oddities, having previously worked with the team on the internet radio channel Astro Radio.
He has been passionate about astronomy & space exploration since the age of two, when his father showed him Echo I, an early communications satellite, soaring through the night sky.
Andy writes articles for astronomy websites and magazines and has been involved with many astronomical societies in the UK. He regularly lectures on such astrophysical topics as gravitational waves and black holes.
Andy has been involved in technical IT education and software development for most of his working life and lives in Catalonia, Spain with his daughter.
Daz Salisbury
Daz was born at the start of the space age, and has been fascinated by the stars and space exploration since he was very young. His favourite period of space travel was the 1960s, when he witnessed the Apollo moon landings. The astronomy seed was planted.
Daz has come to observational astronomy and astrophotography only in the last six years. He became a Slooh ambassador while using remote controlled telescopes, and then joined Astro Radio which later became Space Oddities. Daz is passionate about bringing astronomy to everyone.
Lou Mayo
Lou Mayo is a planetary scientist with over 40 years experience
supporting NASA planetary research, space missions, and space science
data centers. He was a member of both Voyager and Cassini IR Instrument
teams and is currently chief scientist for GAMA-1 Technologies and
professor of astronomy at Marymount University.
Lou is also president of
ARIES Scientific, a small not-for-profit dedicated to astronomy
education and public outreach. His primary research interests have been
in understanding the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon,
developing radiative transfer models of aerosols and molecular species
in Titan's atmosphere.
Michael Bryce
Michael’s interest in Astronomy began from a very early age, and predominantly encouraged by his mother. In 1975 Michael became a Member of the Wolverhampton Astronomical Society and studied Astronomy at “O” Level through to examination by private tuition.
In 1993 Michael witnessed the launch of STS-61 as an amateur reporter for the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission. In 2001 Michael organised a day long astronomy conference at Wolverhampton Science Park to celebrate Wolverhampton Astronomical Society’s 50th anniversary.
Michael is a member of Carolian Astronomy Society in Kidderminster and Bromsgrove AS. Member of the British Interplanetary Society.
Michael is Editor of the Newsletter CAPCOM, and Editor of the FAS Newsletter.
David Williams
Dave retired from NASA in 2026 after 32 years at the NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive at Goddard Space Flight Centre, where he was in charge of the archive and database of planetary missions. Another child of the space age, he loved geology and astronomy from an early age and was lucky enough to be able to combine his passions in his career as a planetary scientist.
Just beginning to learn the ropes of astrophotography from this gang, Dave still follows all the various NASA and international planetary and lunar missions, and has a deep appreciation for the history of space exploration and science (and is still collecting information on the Apollo Moon Trees).
Tom McCrorie
Tom is a creative business professional and innovator, who nurtures a deep love for astronomy and astrophotography. He has developed a unique app for astrophotographers - see the "PicAstro" tab on this website.
Professionally,Tom values integrity, curiosity, and creativity, continually striving to make a positive impact on those around him.
Roger Hyman
Roger first became interested in astronomy when he was at secondary school in the 1970’s. After leaving school and going into the print industry, his hobby took a back seat when he became more interested in photography until he retired five years ago.
He then decided he had more time to dedicate to astronomy and decided to combine his two interests together. It was a frustrating first few years but after joining a few astronomical societies he started to get more proficient at imaging to the point he is at now.
Roger will be familiar to Space Oddities Live viewers for his superb lunar and solar images.