Category: Space
Virgin Orbit takes step closer to LauncherOne rocket launch
Virgin’s satellite launch provider Orbit attached its LauncherOne rocket to a converted Boeing 747-400 on Sunday, as the company moves closer to its first flight. Cosmic Girl, a converted Virgin Atlantic plane formerly used by passengers, took the 25,800kg rocket over southern California skies under its wing, acting as a “flying launch pad”. The captive…
Made in Space. Scientists to create materials in space impossible to develop on Earth
Image: PA We're all used to seeing Made in China or Made in Taiwan on products, but soon they may be replaced with Made in Space as scientists start to manufacture materials that aren't possible to develop on Earth. The University of Strathclyde-led experiment will be carried out on the…
BAE Systems to provide technology to track space missions at Goonhilly
BAE Systems has announced today (July 17th, 2018) it will supply deep space technology which will allow Goonhilly Earth Station (GES) to communicate with unmanned and robotic missions to the Moon and Mars. The partnership – announced at the Farnborough International Airshow – will involve close working on the current deep space programme with the…
Tim Peake’s Soyuz spacecraft goes on UK tour. Experience Samsung’s VR space adventure
Want to see the actual Soyuz spacecraft which was used for Tim Peake's Principia mission? Of course you do. Coming to a town near you, the Soyuz TMA-19M is set to go on tour until 2019, complete with a unique VR space adventure. The Science Museum Group, which acquired the capsule, has joined forces with…
WATCH: A SpaceX rocket ALMOST land on a barge
Yesterday SpaceX launched its latest Dragon rocket to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, and after the first stage of the rocket had separated, something rather special happened. Or almost happened, anyway. The plan was to try to land it safely back down on a floating barge - something that has never been done…
WATCH: Amazing GoPro footage of a space walk
Ever wondered what it looks like when an astronaut is hanging out outside the International Space Station? Then check out this astonishing footage that was posted to YouTube yesterday. No, the Earth isn't CGI. According to the description it features U.S. astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts working on "various maintenance tasks". During this walk,…
WATCH: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch in 4K
If you want an almost perfectly distilled vision of human progress, check out the above video of one of Elon Musk's rockets blasting off into space. Not only is the rocket impressive, but the video was also shot in 4K - so if your computer can handle it you can watch it in even higher…
#eclipse2015 live from Newquay – the first social media eclipse
Twitter is awash with solar eclipse tweets this morning as well as brands jumping in with eclipse related hashtags to try to make money out of the natural phenomenon (#oreoeclipse is that really a thing?) in what is the first proper eclipse of the social media age. But the fact is that for a lot…
WATCH: Putin is now ruining space too
According to the TMRO Space Pod, Ukraine's space industry is on the verge of collapse. I know what you're thinking: "Ukraine has a space industry?". Turns out it does - and it is rather important, and a major manufacturer of rockets. Unfortunately, Vladimir Putin's invasion of Crimea and support for rebels in Eastern Ukraine has…
Raspberry Pi is going to SPACE!
British Astronaut Tim Peake has tweeted a photo of himself today wearing a Raspberry Pi t-shirt - and a reminder that the tiny computer will be blasting off with him when he goes up to the International Space Station. Its all part of the "AstroPi" competition, which is encouraging kids to submit code to be…
