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Public Names ‘Moonikin’ Flying Around Moon on NASA’s Artemis I Mission

“Commander Moonikin Campos” is the official name of the manikin launching on Artemis I, NASA’s uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon later this year. The Moonikin received its name as the result of a competitive bracket contest honoring NASA figures, programs, or astronomical Read more…

By Sinead Mackle, 8 months ago
Latest News

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE – LATEST NEWS

It’s been just over two months since The James Webb Space Telescope was launched into space.  On Christmas Day 2021, Professor Michael Burton watched the launch online, whilst enjoying his Christmas dinner! So, what has happened since launch day and where is the telescope now? We find out more from Read more…

By Sinead Mackle, 1 yearMarch 7, 2022 ago
Human Exploration

What is “the edge of space”?

by Apostolos Christou On the 11th of July 2021, we were informed that Virgin Galactic’s CEO Sir Richard Branson and his fellow passengers onboard VSS Unity reached “the edge of space”. But why “the edge” and not simply “space”, surely space is a well-defined domain so that one either reaches Read more…

By Apostolos Christou, 2 yearsJuly 14, 2021 ago
Rockets

The Biggest Rockets That Never Were – Part 2!

From the fertile imaginings of the 1950s and 60s in the American aerospace industry came a wealth of Space-launcher ideas in all seemingly conceivable (and sometimes, inconceivable) shapes and sizes. So as we continue to investigate some of the ‘biggest rockets that never were’ and cannot examine them all, let’s Read more…

By Nick Parke, 3 yearsSeptember 18, 2020 ago
Rockets

The Biggest Rockets That Never Were

So we know the biggest rocket that ever was, was the mighty Saturn V that took NASA’s Apollo astronauts to the Moon. But what about the biggest rockets that never were? Could there have been some other rockets that, had they been built, would’ve rivalled the Apollo era’s champion launcher?  Read more…

By Nick Parke, 3 yearsJune 16, 2020 ago
Rockets

NASA SpaceX Demo-2 Launch: What You Need to Know!

SpaceX makes history today as, alongside NASA, it sends two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The firm has been taking cargo to the satellite many times before, but this is a momentous occasion as it is the first time a private company has sent humans to the ISS. The launch will occur from the Kennedy Space Read more…

By Helen McLoughlin, 3 yearsMay 27, 2020 ago
Planets

The Artemis Program – The Successor to Apollo

50 years ago, humankind took its first steps on the moon, and the world celebrated. However, 47 years ago, the last human walked on the moon, and we have not been back since. Until now. The new programme that will take humans back to the moon is called Artemis, who Read more…

By Anna Taylor, 3 yearsMay 8, 2020 ago
Rockets

The Biggest Rocket There Ever Was!

Various nations have produced rockets of different shapes and sizes down through the years, but a question that often comes to the fore is which was the biggest of them all? As it takes objects with a large mass a considerable amount of energy to move against the pull of Read more…

By Nick Parke, 3 yearsApril 17, 2020 ago
Concept Spacecraft

“We should become a multi-planetary civilisation” – Elon Musk

An update from Elon Musk on SpaceX’s vision for the future.

By Tom Watts, 3 yearsSeptember 30, 2019 ago
Concept Spacecraft

The Future of Private Sector Space Travel

President John F Kennedy’s speech to the United States’ Congress on the 25th of May 1961 encapsulates the romanticism that has adorned the endeavour of space exploration to this day. A President asking the representatives of his people to fund a daring, groundbreaking mission to, “before this decade [was] out, [land] Read more…

By Courtney Allison, 4 yearsAugust 8, 2019 ago

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