# space - Thursday 24 December, 2020
# Look Up
# Look Up
We’re starting another rotation around the sun. Here’s what to watch out for in the skies.
# space - Sunday 6 December, 2020
# Sent From Space
# Sent From Space
Scientists hope the precious samples could help shed light on the origin of life and the formation of the universe.
# space - Friday 4 December, 2020
Chang’e 5 will return to earth with 2kg of moon rocks – it is expected to touch down in Mongolia later this month.
# space - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Chang’e 5
# Chang’e 5
It is one step on a programme to send a manned mission to the satellite.
# space - Tuesday 17 November, 2020
# SpaceX
# SpaceX
The four astronauts aboard the Dragon capsule will remain at the ISS for six months.
# space - Monday 16 November, 2020
# SpaceX
# SpaceX
The flight to the space station – 27.5 hours door to door – should be entirely automated.
# space - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Bennu
# Bennu
Only Japan has previously collected asteroid samples.
# space - Wednesday 16 September, 2020
# Space
# Space
Scientists made a new discovery in the clouds of Venus recently…
# space - Monday 14 September, 2020
# Phone Home
# Phone Home
The gas has been detected in the atmosphere of Venus, suggesting the planet could host unknown photochemical or geochemical processes.
# space - Sunday 9 August, 2020
# THE PERSEIDS
# THE PERSEIDS
There will be 20 times more shooting stars than a normal night on Tuesday and Wednesday.
# space - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# Perseverance
# Perseverance
The rocket took off in California despite a 4.2 magnitude earthquake.
# space - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Star Wars
# Star Wars
US Space Command said it has evidence that Moscow carried out the test on 15 July.
# space - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# Tianwen 1
# Tianwen 1
The Chinese mission is named Tianwen-1.
# space - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
# Space Race
# Space Race
Earth and Mars are unusually close at the moment, a mere hop of 55 million kilometres.
# space - Saturday 13 June, 2020
# Liftoff
# Liftoff
A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites were launched.
# space - Wednesday 27 May, 2020
# Return To Orbit
# Return To Orbit
The launch will be attempted again on Saturday.
# space - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Demo 2
# Demo 2
If all goes as planned, the mission will see SpaceX become the first private company to send astronauts into space.
# space - Sunday 22 December, 2019
# NASA
# NASA
The two-day demo was originally due to last for over a week.
# space - Saturday 21 December, 2019
# Final Frontier
# Final Frontier
It will initially have about 200 people and a first-year budget of $40 million.
# space - Friday 20 December, 2019
# Rosie
# Rosie
It’s a huge moment for US spaceflight which is now dependant on private companies.
# space - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Astronomical
# Astronomical
The black hole is twice as big as scientists believed possible.
# space - Saturday 2 November, 2019
# Special Delivery
# Special Delivery
The space station is currently home to three Americans, two Russians and one Italian.
# space - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
# Great Gig In The Sky
# Great Gig In The Sky
The brightest of the fireballs was at about 6.54 pm last night.
# space - Friday 18 October, 2019
# Space
# Space
There have been 227 spacewalkers since the first spacewalk in 1965 and all of them have included a male.
# space - Friday 30 August, 2019
# Rocket Man
# Rocket Man
US military chiefs claim the move is necessary to defend the country’s ‘way of life’.
# space - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
# Welcome Aboard
# Welcome Aboard
Fedor copies human movements and can help astronauts carry out tasks remotely.
# space - Saturday 24 August, 2019
# International Space Station
# International Space Station
NASA astronaut Anne McClain has admitted to accessing her ex-partner’s bank account from the International Space Station.
# space - Monday 12 August, 2019
# Mix It Up
From The42
# Mix It Up
The Irish scrum-halves didn’t kick a single time during the win over Italy.
# space - Sunday 21 July, 2019
# The Irish For
# The Irish For
The calling to travel beyond the Earth owes itself to mythology as well as science, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
# space - Friday 7 June, 2019
# Star Tours
# Star Tours
Private astronauts may soon be able to visit the ISS for $35,000 a night.
# space - Wednesday 24 April, 2019
# Marsquake
# Marsquake
Nasa has said the new seismic event was too small to provide solid data on the Martian interior.
# space - Thursday 11 April, 2019
# Supermassive Big Star
# Supermassive Big Star
Bouman has herself became an internet celebrity after yesterday’s picture.
# space - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
# No Escape
# No Escape
“It’s like trying to photograph a golf ball on the Moon.”
# space - Friday 22 February, 2019
# Ideal Touchdown
# Ideal Touchdown
Meanwhile, Israel began a mission to make its first Moon landing.
# space - Thursday 14 February, 2019
# Mission Complete
# Mission Complete
The rover has been out of contact since a dust storm on the Red Planet.
# space - Tuesday 12 February, 2019
# Mars One
# Mars One
The company is in the red, as it were.
# space - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
# Fast Radio Bursts
# Fast Radio Bursts
The waves were discovered by Canadian scientists, who cannot explain their origin.
# space - Thursday 3 January, 2019
# Change 4
# Change 4
China plans to send its Chang’e 5 probe to the moon next year.
# The Great Beyond
# The Great Beyond
A supermoon later this month is the first of three in a row.
