Mach 25 Media began a space news service in 1993 with the introduction of the Space Information Line. SIL was conceived under our original banner of Mach 25 Communications. This was available through a 900-number telephone service where callers could contact SIL and hear updates about what was happening in the space program. One of the most popular features was "This Week in Space History."
Several firsts were accomplished with the Space Information Line including being the first on the air with news of the Soyuz TM-18 collision with the Russian Mir space station.
The SIL service was advertised in magazines such as Ad Astra, Countdown, Final Frontier, and Astronomy. It proved popular enough that Final Frontier magazine started their own competing service in 1994.
This section of the Mach 25 Media web site provides a glimpse at the history of the SIL service through fliers, advertisements, and press releases.
Services available through the Internet or by subscribing to O.C.Space have since supplanted this type of service for space news, so please note that while Mach 25 Media still supplies space news to the world, the 900-number service shown here is no longer active.
Audio recordings and transcripts of the updates are available. Please contact Mach 25 Media for details.
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