When particles from the sun hit the earth’s atmosphere, they can give rise to fantastic northern lights. But they can also damage satellites in orbit and, in the worst case, disrupt the power grids down to earth. To better understand how the solar wind and...
In the near future, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk believes that the first man will be able to set foot on Mars. What that would mean for human development is difficult to imagine.On June 16, 1969 at 09:32, the space shuttle Apollo 11 left Earth and at the same time...
The year 2020 has been a very special year on planet Earth. The COVID-19 pandemic came and shook our ways of life and changed the way we think about the world.But 2020 has also been a very special year in space and in space-related activities. It has seen a long...
NASA signed two new agreements related to its lunar Artemis-program this week as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine met online first with Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation (and former astronaut), and later with Lisa Campbell,...
Ever since the dawn of the space era, the U.S. has been a leading country in space activities. Its priorities and goals have been an inspiration for space enthusiasts and space activities worldwide, perhaps most famously when president John F. Kennedy announced the...
Lunar sample-return missions return from the history books as Chinaβs Changβe-5 mission brings new material of lunar soil to Earth for the first time since the 1970βs. The previous mission to have done the same was the Soviet mission Luna 24 in 1976. The new sample...