SpaceX is used to making history with its spaceflights, and their most recent mission was no exception. Despite the Crew Dragon having only flown with astronauts for the first time in...Read More
The Curiosity rover celebrated a milestone birthday this month - an impressive nine years of exploration on Mars, and still going strong. The day a rover lands on Mars is typically considered its...Read More
Ever since the United States edged ahead in the space race against the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70s they became the dominant player in space, and have remained leaders in the field ever...Read More
When NASA’s Perseverance rover safely touched down on the red planet in early 2021, it wasn’t alone. It was carrying a passenger, safely stowed under the belly of the rover. That passenger was...Read More
Whenever supermoons and eclipses make the news, people’s interest in the night sky soars. Big and bright in all its visible phases, the Moon (Earth’s closest neighbour in space) is difficult...Read More
In the early morning hours of 21 July 2011, NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis landed at the Kennedy shuttle landing complex in Florida. It may have looked like a standard space shuttle landing, but...Read More
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to launch on October 31st of this year, marking the start an exciting new era in telescope technology and space exploration. The result of decades of...Read More
After a 6-month, 480,000,000-kilometre journey through deep space, NASA’s Perseverance rover finally reached Mars in the morning hours of February 19th, 2021. It endured the entire EDL (Entry,...Read More
Mark your calendars! February 19 will be a day to remember, as NASA’s most advanced rover ever built, Perseverance, heads for the surface of Mars. In just a few short weeks, people all over the...Read More
Do you remember what you were doing 20 years ago? That’s how long it’s been since Jupiter and Saturn were as close together in our night sky as they will appear this month. This planetary...Read More