Space
First privately funded mission to the Moon crashes
The first privately funded mission to the Moon has crashed on the lunar surface after the apparent failure of its main engine.…
Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole
The first image of a black hole has been captured by astronomers, heralding a revolution in our understanding of the universe’s most…
India shoots down satellite
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India has shot down a satellite in space with an anti-satellite missile. The Indian Prime Minister…
Huge meteor explosion was detected off Russia
The US military detected a huge fireball exploded in the Earth's atmosphere in December but went largely unnoticed. The explosion occurred over…
The Return of the Dragon : SpaceX Dragon makes splashdown
America's new commercial astronaut capsule completed its demonstration flight on Friday with a successful splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. The SpaceX Dragon…
Dragon capsule successfully docks on ISS
France 24 reported that NASA and SpaceX confirmed the successful docking of SpaceX's new Dragon capsule on the International Space Station (ISS)…
The US closer to putting astronauts into orbit from home soil
CNN reports on the successful launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. This was a demonstration mission…
Organic matter found on Mars
The Guardian reports that Nasa’s veteran Curiosity rover has found complex organic matter buried and preserved in ancient sediments that formed a…
“Houston we have a problem” – Astronaut forgets SD card for his Go Pro at home. He only realises while in space.
You're 400 kilometres away from home, namely in the space. You turn on your Go Pro to take once in a life…
NASA will send a helicopter to Mars – a first
NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the U.S. space agency’s 2020 mission to…
ESA releases the most detailed Space Atlas to date
The European Space Agency, thanks to GAIA, it spacecraft, whose mission is to produce a detailed three-dimensional map of the stars our…