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Tag: Space
The Militarisation Of Space
On November 15, 2021 when Russia fired a hypersonic missile at its…
Nailing Its Mars Landing, China Signals ‘Game On’ For Space Race 2.0
China has become only the second country after America to successfully land…
Intuitive Improvisation Is The Secret Of Genius
A look at how great NASA is at solving problems with its…
Ingenious! First Powered Flight On Another Planet
NASA hits the bullseye with the successful deployment of its autonomous Ingenuity…
Black Hole Revealed In Exquisite Detail
Since the April 2019 release of the first ever image of a…
Picture Perfect Landing At Jezero
As America passes 500,000 tragic covid deaths, it celebrates a flawless, tour-de-force…
Seven Minutes Of Terror – An Arrival On Mars Like Never Before
NASA’s Perseverance spacecraft carries 23 cameras, including 7 for entry, descent and…
Shooting At The International Space Station
Action adventure star Tom Cruise is set to make a movie in…
The 21st Century’s Moon Race
A look at the very ambitious plan for NASA and its international…
Is There Life At Venus?
In September 2020, the internet exploded with news of life existing at…
Looking For Life Under Europa’s Ice
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, set to launch to Jupiter in 2024, will…
Amid The Pandemic, NASA’s Perseverance Rover Launches Safely To Mars
Despite serious challenges on Earth, NASA has succeeded in launching the most…
NASA Astronauts Ride Crew Dragon To ISS
A glaring hole in US space capability is finally filled after the…
Humankind Grounded By Covid-19
Several space missions have been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. And it’s…
UAE’s Hope Orbiter Heading To Mars
Mars is a busy place in 2020. Four more spacecraft are set…
Solar Orbiter Launched To The Sun’s Poles
Sunday February 9, 2020 saw the successful launch of an Atlas V…
A New Theory Suggests Aliens Could Use Neutrinos Or Gravitational Waves To Communicate
Imagine a super-advanced civilisation capable of building on a galactic scale, enjoying…
Another Interstellar Visitor
The second known comet to travel through our solar system from interstellar…
International Cooperation And Competition In Outer Space
Australia’s prime minister signs deal to be part of America’s ambitious plans…
Inflatable Space Habs – Stronger, Safer, Faster, Lighter, Cheaper
Bigelow Aerospace could provide NASA with its B330 space habitat to use…
It’s Hard Enough To Land On The Moon, Let Alone Mars
Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation are mourning the failure of…
Orbiting Space Hotel
NASA wants to gradually commercialise the International Space Station and is offering…
NASA’s Drone Mission To Saturn’s Moon Titan
The US space agency will launch a nuclear-powered drone to the solar…
Will We Ever Get Back To The Moon?
Mark Sirangelo, Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator, was hired to get…
Looks Like The Universe’s Rate Of Expansion Is Variable
We chat with physicist Dr.Tony Heyes about new Hubble Space Telescope data…
Moon Shot 2.0
The US government wants to send people back to the Moon by…
Pristine Batch Of Lunar Surface Samples To Be Opened
Three containers of sealed moon rocks will soon be opened 50 years…
Space Billboard
A Russian start up has grand plans to place artificial constellations of…
NASA’s Twins Study – Understanding The Effects Of Long-Duration Spaceflight
The Human Research Program is NASA’s comprehensive effort to enable safe and…
First Ever Image Of A Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope, a huge effort of more than 200 scientists…
AZURE – Adding Artificial Colour To The Northern Lights
Launched from Norway, NASA’s Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment dropped gases through…
A Helicopter For Mars
In addition to hunting for microbes, testing oxygen production and caching rock…
Book Review – Chasing New Horizons
A ripping yarn about the hugely successful New Horizons mission to Pluto…
Active Volcanism On Mars
A study by the Lunar and Planetary Lab at the University of…
Deep Space Update – Oppy, InSight And New Horizons
Efforts intensify to revive the Opportunity rover, silent on Mars since June…
Increased Bombardment From Outer Space
A new study using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests the…
China Launches Chang’e 4 To Far Side Of The Moon
An ambitious world-first mission is set to land in Von Karman crater…
InSight Mission Begins On Mars
Finally, after technical issues delayed the mission by 2 years, NASA’s latest…
Out Of Fuel, The Dawn Mission To Vesta And Ceres Concludes
After 11 years in space and historic orbits of 2 separate objects…
China’s Ambitious Plans For Mars
The China Academy of Space Technology is aiming high, with an orbiter,…
Star Explorer – Parker Solar Probe On Course For The Sun
After a perfect course-refining engine burn on August 20, NASA’s first dedicated…
Rising Hopes Of Finding Microbes On Mars
A large watery lake is believed to be hidden beneath the Martian…
Still No Word From The Opportunity Rover
Oppy remains silent at Meridiani Planum as a global dust storm envelops…
Monster Dust Storm Threatens Mars Rover
Last heard from on June 10th, NASA’s venerable Opportunity rover has entered…
Trump’s Plans For The US Space Program
The US Administration’s budget request for NASA includes politically-motivated cuts to earth…
Oumuamua Arrives From Interstellar Space
The first known asteroid from beyond our solar system was detected by…
Australia Gets Its Own Space Agency
At the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Senator Simon Birmingham, federal…
End Of Mission For Cassini
The grand finale, scientific highlights and legacy of the awe-inspiring odyssey to…
Curiosity Marks Five Years On Mars
A wrap of key scientific findings in the rover’s study of past…