Another year rolls by, and IceInSpace passes another significant milestone!

Happy Birthday IceInSpace! We've just turned 7 years old!

A lot of websites come and go, so I think 7 years is a pretty amazing achievement. Year on year we've continued to grow, and our loyal, helpful and friendly community is the cornerstone of our success!

I turned this milestone over to the members, and asked them on the forum and on Facebook, what some of their best moments or memories were. What they got the most out of IceInSpace.

Here are a selection of their responses:

• Craig Jackson: I learnt that 8" Dob is the likely answer to any beginner astronomy questions
• Melissa Monck: IIS is my favorite link to all my favorite things in the universe :) Congrats on 7 years and a huge thanks to all the wonderful people who make IIS such a happy place to be.
• Dean Manton: Only joined the other day but picked up some awesum info on binoculars
• James Thompson: I just love the photographs
• Susan Kelly: Happy Birthday IceInSpace! Thanks for the advice, info on events and great video links
• Octane: Happy Birthday, my favourite site on the whole Internet, IIS
• netwolf: Happy Birthday IIS, we have some great skies in Australia and thanks to IIS we also have a great community to share them with
• Shelltree: Hip-hip-hooray! Happy birthday IIS! Without this amazing site, I wouldn't have met such amazing people
• traveller: Thank you for a fantastic site and a wealth of knowledge among its members
• Suzy: Happy Birthday Ice in Space! Thank you for bringing me some great and dear friends into my life and thank you to everyone who has contributed all these years- I have learned so much! This forum is very much like a family to me
• Osirisra: I think my favourite moment and also for alot of others here, would be when I got back into astronomy and I found IIS while looking at astronomy sites. The awesome warm and friendly folks here that are always super helpful with tons of information is what makes IIS a brilliant place for anyone interested in Astronomy
• Mick: I’ll always remember the first day Mike, without your vision we would never have had this amazing community. The sharing of information and the wonderful images are the reason I visit nearly every day.
• sheeny: Being involved in such an active online community that is at times right at the cutting edge (thinking especially of Bird's impact discoveries! Enjoying and marvelling at the diverse interests and personalities of my fellow IISer's. ...it doesn't seem to matter what it is, someone here seems to be able to help if you have a problem! Just ask... Being able to admire some really superb astrophotography, and learn from "amateur experts" while still contribute to helping others... all in the one place!
• mishku: heartfelt thankyou to all of the lovely folks who have been so patient, kind and generous with their time and knowledge (can't tell you how much I've learnt since I've been a member of IIS.

Thanks so much to everyone for your birthday wishes, and for sharing how IceInSpace plays such a role in your lives.

The next milestone is 10,000 members - another very signifcant celebration of our community - giving people a reason to visit and a reason to come back.

Here's to 7 more years!

Thanks for your support.