'There are hidden references in most of the pictures. The last space shuttle landing had a wake-up alarm at 6.07, the time of the alarm above. Next to my bed is Yuri Gagarin’s electrocardiogram chart' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'The newspaper says 'Man in space" – this was the front page of the Evening Gazette on 12 April 1961. He's holding a Nasa mug, and there are seven spacesuits in the closet. That is the capacity of a space shuttle, which could fly seven people” Photograph: Tim Dodd
'The first equation on the mirror is for escape velocity, although people have pointed out that I was missing the letter 'm', which stands for mass. I guess that's why I haven't made it to the moon yet. The second equation is for orbital mechanics' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'I grew up watching Star Wars, and my first big infatuation was going to Nasa in Florida at the Kennedy Space Centre when I was really young. It wasn't an obsession, but it's one of those things that I've always kept up' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'Me buying Tang. There was an understanding Nasa invented Tang as a space drink. It didn’t, but that was Tang’s genius: people still think Nasa created it' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'This one's my favourite. I visited Nasa and left depressed that we no longer have space shuttles. The space race, once so inspirational, is at an all-time low' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'I'm generally interested in space – I'm just a big space nerd. I found myself buying all these toys and space pyjamas and stuff, things that a seven-year-old would be doing. I took inspiration from my inner child' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'I named this Russian husky Laika, after the first dog in space. People were appalled at the danger of walking a dog with a hexacopter, but it’s Photoshopped' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'People respond to this photo really well, even though it has pretty much no space references. It's just a guy mowing his lawn with a Segway' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'The calendar shows it's April 1970, when Apollo 13 happened; according to sun transit it was Pisces. There cookies falling everywhere are called Star Crunches: they're in the same alignment as the constellation' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'Everything on that licence plate has a meaning: G04 TLI means 'go for transmitter ignition', which is what Houston would say to Apollo missions when they'd head towards the moon. It also reads 'sea of tranquility', which is where Apollo 11 landed' Photograph: Tim Dodd
'I live in a town of about 40,000 people which has a pretty tight-knit community. Most of the people at this concert knew who I was, so it wasn't a huge shock. This is the only picture I didn't take myself – usually I'll set up a tripod and time it' Photograph: Tim Dodd
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