UPDATE: Good news! I have acquired a home for the library and renovation of the property is underway. The property is a basement in Bromley, near London, and easily reached by train from central London so you can all come visit when it's complete. Bad news - the property was cheap to acquire but needs a LOT of work to make it ready for the books. So yeah, I'm digging DEEP into my retirement savings to pull this off and more donations are most welcome.

For 35 years I've been sharing information about space exploration with the world completely for free. Jonathan's Space Report is known for its reliability and objectivity. My websites on the General Catalog of Space Objects, the Starlink launch statistics, and other aspects of spaceflight are relied on by journalists, public officials and enthusiasts like you across the world, and all the data on the sites is provided under a free CC-BY licence.

I've been able to do this because I have a day job and I do the Space Report in my spare time. But I am planning to retire at the end of this year, move the extensive physical library of space documents on which I rely to a new longer-term home in a yet to be determined location in the UK, and do Space Report related work full-time.

However, I need your help. Buying the new home for the 100 square m (1000 sq ft) Jonathan's Space Research Library is currently a little bit beyond my financial means due to some unexpected challenges. Now that NASA, Harvard astronomy and MIT Aero Astro have disposed of their libraries, my collection is arguably the most extensive (at least top 5 worldwide) technical astronautics history collection remaining and I think it should be preserved. I am asking for donations rather than trying to monetize the Report because I want to retain its editorial independence. So if you have relied on my free information and are willing to donate a little, I would be very grateful. Every extra dollar will help ensure the future of more and more of the library and preserve a treasure trove of documents on the history of spaceflight.

Donors will be welcome to (on an occasional basis!) visit, browse, and do research in the library once the relocation is complete.