British Interplanetary Society

British Interplanetary Society
AbbreviationBIS
Formation1933
Legal statusNon-profit organisation
PurposeUK space advocacy, promotion of astronautics research
Location
  • 27/29 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London, SW8 1SZ
Region served
UK
Membership
Anyone with an interest in space
President
Alistair Scott
AffiliationsInternational Astronautical Federation
Websitebis-space.com

The British Interplanetary Society (BIS), founded in Liverpool in 1933 by Philip E. Cleator,[1] is the oldest existing space advocacy organisation in the world. Its aim is exclusively to support and promote astronautics and space exploration.

  1. ^ Reaching for the Stars History Today, Volume: 63 Issue: 1 2013