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Proach Models Builds 4 Orion Models for NASA Space Centers
At Proach Models, we love working for all of my incredible customers… but I have to say, when NASA calls to ask us to take on a job, it’s...
Proach Models Featured in Ron Howard/Tom Hanks Documentary
Back in 1997/98 we were approached by HBO to produce a series of models for them to use in a 12-part space documentary series called From...


Northrup-Grumman Staff ask for Chandra X-Ray Models as Keepsakes
Back in 2003, I received a call from a contractor who had worked with Northrop-Grumman on the construction of the Chandra X-Ray...


A Model Soyuz Spacecraft Made by Proach Models Flies to the ISS
They might not be real spacecraft, but Proach Models have flown in space–twice! The second Proach Model replica spacecraft to travel to...


My First Commissioned Space Model Job for Astronaut Alan Bean
It was an evening back in 1999. I had been working on a project in the shop and was just about to go for dinner when the phone rang....


Remembering the Apollo 1 Tragedy at Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral
Here’s a photo of me standing at Pad 34 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where 7 historic launches took place in the 1960s along with an even...


My 1st Professional Job as a Spacecraft Model Maker
People often ask me how I came to be a professional spacecraft model maker. When I was 17 years old, I created my first model of the...


Henry Champ - One of the Great Space News Reporters
These days, nothing infuriates me more than the space news put out by the major media. The reporters covering the space program often get...


Don't Take Space Industry for Granted
Explosion of Russian launch vehicle and loss of Progress freighter to the ISS Photo Caption: BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN, 30th OF JUNE, 2010...


40 Years Since Apollo 15
It was July 31, 1971 and there I was….in the studios of the CTV network in Scarborough, Ontario ( a suburb of Toronto at the time)...
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