2021: Winchcombe, UK
Base Camp: 51°55'19.0"N 2°00'35.4"W
Expedition Members; Natasha Stephen, Ashley King (NHM), Richard Greenwood (OU), Katie Joy (Manchester), Romain Tartese (Manchester), Lydia Hallis (Glasgow), Martin Suttle (OU), Peter Grindrod (NHM), Aine O’Brien (Glasgow), Helena Bates (NHM), Sarah McMullan (Imperial College London), Sara Motaghian (Glasgow), Sarah Boazman (NHM), Mira Ihasz (Glasgow), Zach Dickeson (NHM), Anne-Marie Pickersgill (Glasgow), & Sara Russell (NHM).
Final Meteorite Tally: ~550g for the type specimen!
The Winchcombe meteorite © The Trustees, Natural History Museum
The Winchcombe meteorite © Natural History Museum
The Winchcombe meteorite © The Trustees, Natural History Museum
The calculated orbit of the Winchcombe meteorite before impact © Denis Vida
The Winchcombe meteorite landing site © Wilcock Family
Showing the recovery team the first Winchcombe fragments © Dr Natasha Stephen
Meteorite recovery in Gloucestershire © Dr Natasha Stephen
Meteorite recovery in Gloucestershire © Dr Natasha Stephen
Day one in the lab with the UK Space Rocks team © Dr Natasha Stephen
The Winchcombe meteorite predicted fall area © UK Fall & UK MON
Winchcombe meteorite recovery, Dr Lydia Hallis & Dr Luke Daly © University of Glasgow