Space travel
18-Year-Old Heading To Space As Original Punter Has ‘Scheduling Conflict’
16 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The youngest and the oldest person to ever head to space will be on Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard rocket ship when it launches on July 20.
Seems Like Ashton Kutcher Regrets Flogging His Space Ticket
15 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Ashton Kutcher sold his ticket to space onboard Richard Branson’s rocketship because his wife, Mila Kunis, said she didn’t think that it was a “smart family decision”.
Bezos In Space: The Rocket, His Travel Buddies, And A Not-So-Subtle Dig At Branson
14 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
As promised, Jeff Bezos is following Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flight to space with a date set for next Tuesday, alongside a rather diverse crew.
The ‘Billionaire Space Race’ Is Going To Get Wild
13 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Three of the world’s wealthiest people are trying to top each other with the most ambitious private space expeditions.
NASA’s New Spacesuits Are Incredible
10 Jun 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
NASA is designing new spacesuits for the Artemis missions, which will be taking the first woman and the first person of colour to the moon in 2024.
Elon Musk’s Mars Plans Would Need To Overcome These Major Hurdles
26 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Travelling to Mars is an incredible feat, and while Elon Musk believes we can get there in the next decade, there are some serious obstacles to overcome.
Four Key Factors To Make Life On Mars Sustainable
18 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Human survival on another planet, especially one like Mars, depends on finding solutions to four key factors.
SpaceX Starship Finally Sticks The Landing [Video]
06 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
SpaceX had had some explosive problems with rocket prototypes before, but finally, the SN15 took off and landed with near perfection.
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Makes Mars History [Videos]
20 Apr 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Watch Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter, make its first successful flight on the Red Planet.
They’ve Detected Some Rumbling From Deep Within Mars
07 Apr 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
There’s been some mysterious rumbling coming from inside Mars. Scientists, with the help of the InSight Lander, are busy figuring out what it could mean.
NASA Gears Up To Ignite “The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built” [Videos]
11 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
NASA once again has its sights set on the Moon, and it’s built a beast of a rocket to get the job done.
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.
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”.
Take A Look Inside Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Cabin [Videos]
29 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the first time, Virgin Galactic is showing off the inside of SpaceShipTwo, a crew cabin for up to six passengers and two pilots that could make space tourism history.
Seven Months, 493 Million Kilometres – Historic Mars Mission Due To Lift Off Next Month
09 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On July 14, a robotic craft will leave a remote Japanese island and head for the Red Planet, with quite a journey to get there.
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.
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.
SpaceX’s First Moon Tourist Is Looking For Love
13 Jan 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yusaku Maezawa will be SpaceX’s first paying passenger on a trip around the moon. Now he wants to find a female “life partner” to take along for the ride.
Inside Jeff Bezos’ Plans To Put Astronauts Back On The Moon [Videos]
23 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Jeff Bezos has revealed his Blue Moon lunar lander, his plans for space travel, and the team he plans on using to do it.
First Alleged Crime In Space Leads To Some Interesting Legal Questions
28 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
NASA is currently investigating what could be considered the first crime perpetrated in space, and it raises a few interesting legal conundrums.
That Time Buzz Aldrin Punched A Guy In The Face When Asked To Swear On The Bible That He Walked On The Moon [Video]
22 Jul 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whilst most of the world celebrates 50 years since one of humankind’s most incredible achievements, conspiracy theorists run amok. That reminds us of this Buzz classic.
The Apollo 11 Mistake That Almost Killed The Astronauts
19 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Someone missed one crucial detail about Apollo 11’s re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, and it could have proven fatal.
The Worrying Lack Of Laws When It Comes To Space And The Moon
25 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
People have spent so much time figuring out how to get into space that we neglected to make a plan for once we were up there.
The ‘Apollo 11’ Doccie Could Be This Year’s Best Thriller [Trailer]
25 Mar 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may think you know the story behind Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind, but it’s never been told quite like this.
Asteroid Could Hold Secret To Finding Extraterrestrial Life
20 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A Japanese spacecraft orbiting an asteroid has made some surprising discoveries that could tell us a lot about the earth and other solar systems.
The Story Of The Team That Created Golden Record, The “Mixtape For Aliens”
18 Mar 2019 by Carrie / 2 Comments
Let’s take a look into the story behind the “90-minute interstellar mixtape”, sent into space in the 70s, as a kind of mixtape for extraterrestrials.
You Can Stay At This Space Hotel In Three Years Time [Video]
31 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
If you have a spare $9,5 million lying around in 2022, you could go on the ultimate holiday in the Aurora Station space hotel.
NASA’s Mars Lander Is Going To Have A Very Busy Two Years
28 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
The Mars InSight lander survived “seven minutes of terror” on Monday, landing safely on the red planet. Here’s what comes next.
NASA’s Latest Video Should Inspire The Next Generation Of Astronauts [Video]
20 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
In a new video, NASA has announced their plans to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, followed by the first man on Mars.
Diginerds Will Love NASA’s First 8K Video Of Earth
09 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
NASA has released the first ever 8K video from the International Space Station, providing us with a high definition look back at earth.
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