# Crash Course
# Crash Course
The aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them.
# nasa - Saturday 24 September, 2022
# No Space
# No Space
Artemis 1 is an uncrewed mission around the moon that will pave the way for future crewed missions.
# nasa - Wednesday 21 September, 2022
# Space Telescope
# Space Telescope
Nasa’s Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to see Neptune in all its gaseous glory, during a 1989 flyby.
# nasa - Saturday 3 September, 2022
# Florida
# Florida
The launch was originally planned for 29 August but had to be abandoned moments before lift-off due to issues with an engine.
# Your Say
# Your Say
The test is an uncrewed mission around the moon.
# nasa - Thursday 1 September, 2022
# NASA
# NASA
It is hoped that at full capacity, the system should generate enough oxygen to sustain humans once they arrive on Mars.
# nasa - Wednesday 31 August, 2022
# Artemis 1
# Artemis 1
The two-hour launch window will begin at 7:17 pm Irish time.
# nasa - Monday 29 August, 2022
# We Have A Problem
# We Have A Problem
The next available launch date for the mission will be on Friday, but a decision has not yet been made on whether it will go ahead.
# nasa - Saturday 27 August, 2022
# Space
# Space
While this mission will be uncrewed, the agency aims to put people on the Moon in 2025.
# nasa - Wednesday 17 August, 2022
# Space Oddity
# Space Oddity
Wednesday’s mission was the seventh spacewalk for Oleg Artemyev.
# nasa - Tuesday 12 July, 2022
# Infinity And Beyond
# Infinity And Beyond
The stunning shot shows thousands of galaxies from billions of years ago.
# nasa - Tuesday 5 July, 2022
# We Have A Problem
# We Have A Problem
The spacecraft had spent nearly a week in Earth orbit when contact was lost.
# nasa - Monday 27 June, 2022
# Rocket Launch
# Rocket Launch
The launch was the first of three planned missions for June and July.
# nasa - Friday 10 June, 2022
# Unknown Unknowns
# Unknown Unknowns
The space agency considers this a first step in trying to explain UFOs.
# nasa - Wednesday 8 June, 2022
# Space
# Space
Three rockets will be launched from the Arnhem Space Centre on Indigenous-owned land near the mining town of Nhulunbuy.
# nasa - Friday 13 May, 2022
# Houston We Have A Plant
# Houston We Have A Plant
The ground-breaking experiment has given researchers hope that it may be possible to one day grow plants directly on the moon.
# nasa - Wednesday 27 April, 2022
# Liftoff
# Liftoff
The crew, including Jessica Watkins, the first black woman making a long-term spaceflight, will spend five months at the orbiting lab.
# nasa - Thursday 14 April, 2022
# We Have A Problem
# We Have A Problem
Liquid hydrogen is extremely hazardous, with officials noting that the systems had been checked for leaks prior to the test.
# nasa - Friday 8 April, 2022
# Liftoff
# Liftoff
It is SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for Nasa.
# nasa - Saturday 18 December, 2021
# Space Jam
# Space Jam
Multiple problems forced delays and a tripling of the telescope’s original budget with a final price tag of nearly $10 billion.
# nasa - Sunday 12 December, 2021
# Meteor Shower
# Meteor Shower
Geminids are very bright, moderately fast, and are unusual in being multi-coloured.
# nasa - Friday 10 December, 2021
# Discovery
# Discovery
Scientists said the observatory will unveil the most dramatic and extreme parts of the universe as never before.
# nasa - Wednesday 24 November, 2021
# Disaster Prep
# Disaster Prep
The asteroids in question pose no threat to our planet.
# nasa - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Don't Want To Miss A Thing
# Don't Want To Miss A Thing
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is to determine whether this is an effective way to deflect the course of an asteroid.
# nasa - Wednesday 17 November, 2021
# Perseverance
# Perseverance
The word has been looked up on its website more than 243,000 times globally during 2021.
# nasa - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Women In Science
# Women In Science
Dr Niamh Shaw says it took her Mars simulation training for her to realise just how precious life on Earth really is.
# nasa - Saturday 16 October, 2021
# Lucy In The Sky
# Lucy In The Sky
Lucy is named after the 3.2 million-year-old skeletal remains of a human ancestor found in Ethiopia nearly half a century ago.
# nasa - Thursday 2 September, 2021
# Perserverance
# Perserverance
An attempt by the rover to collect a sample last month had failed.
# nasa - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# Moon Wobble
# Moon Wobble
Flooding will affect almost all US mainland coastlines, sometimes in clusters that could last over a month.
# nasa - Monday 28 June, 2021
# THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
# THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
The concentration of water vapour in the clouds may be enough to sustain life.
# nasa - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Venus
# Venus
Earth’s closest neighbour is also the solar system’s hottest planet.
# nasa - Saturday 15 May, 2021
# The Red Planet
# The Red Planet
A rover will join an American craft which arrived at the red planet in February.
# nasa - Sunday 2 May, 2021
# International Space Station
# International Space Station
The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company.
# nasa - Monday 19 April, 2021
# Mars
# Mars
The helicopter beamed images of the feat back to Earth this morning.
# nasa - Saturday 17 April, 2021
# Space
# Space
A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
# nasa - Friday 9 April, 2021
# Astronauts
# Astronauts
The trio launched successfully from Russia’s leased Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.
# nasa - Sunday 4 April, 2021
# Flight On Mars?
# Flight On Mars?
The ultra-light aircraft was on board the Perseverance rover when it landed on Mars in February.
# nasa - Saturday 6 March, 2021
# Perseverance
# Perseverance
The Perseverance rover completed a drive lasting more than half an hour.
# nasa - Friday 5 March, 2021
The equipment will support the first set of improved solar panels, due to arrive in June.
# nasa - Sunday 28 February, 2021
# NASA
# NASA
Mission Control said it would need to work on “kindergarten skills” after some painted lines were slightly off.
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