[ad_1]  NASA changed forever in 1978 with the addition of new kinds of astronauts.That year, NASA accepted women and people of color into the astronaut corps for the first time, and the new book "The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts"...

[ad_1] Back to Article List This week, Dave shows off his meteorites and explains how you can start your own collection of pieces of other worlds. Esquel is a stony-iron pallasite meteorite that was found in Argentina in 1951. It's widely considered to be one of the...

[ad_1] One of the James Webb Space Telescope’s principal science goals is to observe the epoch where we think that the first galaxies were created, to understand the details of their formation, evolution, and composition. With each deep look back in time, the...

[ad_1] ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has begun his Huginn mission, turning the International Space Station into his home and workplace. After piloting on Crew Dragon Endurance as the first non-US pilot, Andreas has started performing European experiments and...

[ad_1] China, India and the U.S. have all achieved landing on the Moon in the 2020s.Once there, their eventual goal is to set up a base. But a successful base – along with the spacecraft that will carry people to it – must be habitable for humans. And a big part of...

[ad_1] Back to Article List The fermented drink may aid the space industry for extended missions in space. Kombucha cultures could be used for more than just a drink. Credit: ESA/J. Harrod Kombucha may be more than just a trendy drink. The fermented tea may also...

[ad_1] A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines how processes within the Earth’s magnetic field could be contributing to the formation of water on the surface of the Moon. This study was led by the University of Hawai’i (UH) and comes during an increased...

[ad_1] Agency 21/09/2023 1755 views 33 likes More than 15 000 visitors are getting ready to pass through ESA's gateways during ESA Open Days 2023. This Europe-wide series of events promises to connect space enthusiasts, bringing space closer to them than ever before....

[ad_1] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from California early Monday morning (Sept. 25), carrying 21 Starlink satellites to orbit.The Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Florida Monday at 3:23 a.m. EDT (0723 GMT; 12:23 a.m. local...

[ad_1] Back to Article List The competition is aimed at promoting and showcasing the best of India’s fast-growing astroimaging community. The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) looms in a predawn sky over the mountainous landscape of Ladakh, India. Credit: Goutam Dey/Soumyadeep...