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SpaceX Astronaut Blown Away By It All – Shoots Video Of Earth
26 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
44-year-old Victor Glover is pretty stoked with life right about now, as he begins his six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
What It Takes To Be An Astronaut On The First Mars Mission [Video]
25 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The astronauts chosen for the first mission to Mars will need more than just the technical know-how to complete the mission successfully.
Don’t Panic, But There’s A Small Chance Asteroid Apophis Could Smash Into Earth
18 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
NASA keeps a watchlist of all the asteroids that they think might be heading our way, and Asteroid 99942 Apophis is under close supervision.
There’s A Good Reason Baby Yoda Was Just Sent Into Space
17 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Baby Yoda played an important role in the Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station.
Tuesday Morning Spice
17 Nov 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
SpaceX docks. Matric exam leak. Sweden’s COVID-19 situation spirals. Rogue orcas? Maddie McCann suspect in fight. Epstein victims fuming. Harry Styles rightwing meltdown.
Historic NASA Photos Up For Auction
10 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Christie’s is auctioning off images from those first few years of space exploration, captured when photography was still analogue.
Footage Of NASA Probe Touching Down On That Asteroid [Videos]
22 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In another landmark space adventure, NASA’s mission to collect dust and rocks from asteroid Bennu was a success.
Here’s How NASA Plans To ‘High Five’ An Asteroid [Video]
20 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In a first for NASA, the Osiris-Rex probe hopes to touch down on a large asteroid and grab some rocks and dust in what has been dubbed a “high five manoeuvre”.
SpaceX’s Starman Just Cruised Past Mars In A Tesla
09 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The Tesla Roadster, with its mannequin ‘pilot’ Starman, made its first close approach to Mars.
Wednesday Morning Spice
30 Sep 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
Space station air leak. Big petrol price drop. Inside Elon’s Neuralink. America’s most popular weed edibles. Meghan loses court battle. Borat 2 confirmed.
The Southern African Connection With NASA’s Latest Mars Exploration [Video]
19 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter is looking to make history by becoming the first helicopter ever designed to fly on another planet.
First NASA Water Landing Since 1975 [Videos]
03 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The Crew Dragon returned to Earth safely after its historic mission to the International Space Station.
Here’s What NASA’s Perseverance Rover Is Looking For On Mars [Videos]
30 Jul 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The Perseverance Rover is loaded up on Atlas 5 and ready to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. Destination: Mars.
SpaceX Astronaut Shares Images Of Cape Town, Jozi, And Pretoria
06 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Astronaut Doug Hurley has been enjoying his stay on the International Space Station, and recently posted some images of our major cities.
A Second A Day – Stunning NASA Video Shows 10 Years Of The Sun
30 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
NASA has released a decade-long timelapse of the sun, with each second of the video representing one day.
Pretty Wild – Watch US Astronauts Cruise Into Space Station With Floating Greetings [Videos]
01 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
This past weekend, for the first time in history, a commercial aerospace company carried humans into Earth’s orbit.
SA Teams Up With NASA To Aid Space Travel
29 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The South African National Space Agency has teamed up with NASA to host a Deep Space Ground Station.
Today’s The Day: Watch SpaceX’s Historic Falcon 9 Astronaut Launch Live [Videos]
27 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
For the first time since 2011, NASA astronauts are launching into orbit from the United States.
NASA Is Taking Applications If You’re Keen To Spend Eight Months In A Simulated Spaceship
21 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
NASA’s latest experiment on its mission to reach Mars involves locking a small group of people in a shuttle for eight months.
Listen Carefully: Tom Cruise Is Going To Film A Movie In Actual Space
06 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cruise is known for his daring stunts in movies like the ‘Mission: Impossible” franchise, but this will take things to a new level altogether.
Keen To Go To Space? NASA Is Now Hiring [Video]
04 Mar 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
For the first time in four years, NASA has opened up applications for new astronauts. The lucky few will get to go to the moon or possibly even Mars.
‘Nice Try!’ – Flat Earthers Are Quick To Call Out NASA’s Trickery
16 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Flat Earthers are very upset with pictures posted by astronaut Jessica Meir, which shows the earth in all its round glory.
This US Space Plane Is Incredibly ‘Mysterious’
30 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The space plane is part of a classified mission to conduct in-orbit experiments, with some speculating that involves spying or testing space weapons.
NASA Scientist Says They’ve Already Discovered Life On Mars
16 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A former NASA scientist reckons they discovered life on Mars quite some time ago, but his findings were dismissed.
Elon Musk Enjoyed Poking Fun At NASA In This Interview [Video]
02 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Elon Musk had a good time poking fun at NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine in a recent interview, and it looks like he has a point.
NASA Schools Elon Musk After Asteroid Tweet
21 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
According to Elon Musk, a big rock is going to hit the earth and we have no way of defending ourselves against it. NASA, however, disagrees.
NASA’s Incredible New 8K Footage From Space [Video From Inside And Outside]
04 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The International Space Station is proof that we can all get along if we put our minds to it. It also beams some great footage back down to us.
What Neil Armstrong’s Sons Remember About His Historic Moon Walk
25 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Neil Armstrong’s kids speak about their late father almost 50 years after the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
It Took NASA Almost Two Years To Capture This Stunning X-Ray Image Of The Sky
04 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The latest incredible image from NASA is an X-ray image of the entire sky taken by the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer.
How A Spelling Typo Took Down A NASA Rocket (And Five Other Typo-Caused Disasters)
10 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Attention to detail matters, which is evident in these five massive disasters brought about by tiny typos.
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