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The United Arab Emirates will become the first Arab nation and only the fifth nation overall to place a spaceship in orbit around Mars later today. Named Hope, the probe is expected to start the complex process of entering Martian orbit at 16:00 GMT – following a 500 million km race from Earth. It will … Read more
China and the US are in a race to Mars – with both nations due to land a rover on the Red Planet this month, and plans for future missions already in development. This new ‘space race’, unlike the battle to the Moon between the US and Soviet Union, is likely to be a much … Read more
China and the US are in a race to Mars – with both nations due to land a rover on the Red Planet this month, and plans for future missions already in development. This new ‘space race’, unlike the battle to the Moon between the US and Soviet Union, is likely to be a much … Read more
About 500 seeds of different tree species were launched into space in 1971 that circled around the moon 34 times before returning to Earth where they were then planted in different spots around the globe. NASA has shared a map showing the locations of these ‘Moon Trees,’ which total to 83 that mainly reside in … Read more
A golf ball ‘lost’ by Alan Shepard on the Moon that he claimed travelled ‘miles and miles’ has been found in newly restored images — and it only travelled 40 yards. On February 6, 1971, the Apollo 14 mission commander hit two golf balls across the lunar surface as one of the final acts of … Read more
One small swing for man! Alan Shepard’s ‘lost’ golf ball is discovered on the moon 50 YEARS on — but it only travelled 40 yards and not ‘miles and miles’ as he claimed Commander Shepard visited the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 mission Nearing the end of his moon walk, he hit two golf … Read more
Katherine Johnson is a famous NASA mathematician whose calculations helped send the first American astronaut into space and although she never made it to the final frontier, her name will. Northrop Grumman, an aerospace and defense technology firm, announced it has named the NG-15 Cygnus cargo ship SS. Katherine Johnson. The craft is set to … Read more
NASA’s Hubble spacecraft discovers evidence of a WEATHER system on nearby ‘Hot Jupiter’ exoplanet – despite blistering surface temperatures of 2,192°F Researchers examined images of WASP-31b taken by the Hubble telescope WASP-31b is an extremely hot ‘puffy planet’ 1,305 light years away from Earth It is tidally locked, with one side facing the star and the … Read more
Scientists snap incredibly detailed image of the moon by shooting a powerful radar signal at the lunar surface – and you can even spot the Apollo 15 landing site Incredible image released by the US’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory It’s a result of a successful test of a highly complex new radio telescope system Apollo 15 landed … Read more
NASA and SpaceX to launch four astronauts on a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station – including two international crew members for the first time The commercial spaceship will leave Earth no earlier than April 20 for the ISS It will take four astronauts to the ISS including a NASA pilot and commander … Read more