Two decades before the founding of NASA, a group of amateur rocketry enthusiasts from Paisley experimented with a new technology that would one day prove vital in putting man on the Moon.
Formed in 1936, The Paisley Rocketeer Society pushed the boundaries of science with their experiments in rocket propulsion in the parks and open spaces of Renfrewshire.
They were led by local space enthusiast John Stewart, who, along with his brother Peter, and many friends and other like-minded individuals, became the first to develop the three-stage rocket system that is now considered essential for space flight.
