Tag: Space
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…
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…
Good work humanity! After landing on a comet, here’s 10 other amazing things that we have accomplished.
[nextpage title="Next"] Today is a good day. The European Space Agency's Philae lander has achieved touchdown on the surface of an asteroid that is 510 million km from Earth. That's right - humanity has managed to do something truly awesome for a change, and it fills us with hope. So forget the wars, poverty and…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s Space Oddity is back online – hurrah!
Good news for fans of awe-inspiring music videos. Commander Hadfield's Bowie cover is BACK! Remember Canadian Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield, who wowed us all last year with his music video shot aboard the International Space Station? The cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity was pulled from YouTube after a year because of an agreement over…
Europe launches two navigation satellites into the wrong place
Embarrassing news for European scientists as it has emerged that two satellites that form part of Europe's new "Galileo" navigation system have been put in the wrong place. Whoops. According to Sky News the satellites were launched on Friday - with the plan being to join the network of other satellites that will eventually create…
Sci-fi Grand Theft Auto game "very tempting" says RockStar boss
What's better than a free-roaming crime sim? How about a free-roaming crime sim in space? That's one potential idea that's been floating around the HQ of Grand Theft Auto designers RockStar, a new interview with key team members at the…
More Gs than Clarkson: My ride inside the human centrifuge
I'm sitting somewhere in the middle of a former RAF base in Farnborough, strapped into a tiny recreated jet fighter cockpit, on the end of a huge mechanical contraption that wouldn't look out of place in an Alien film, a…
Sarah Brightman to become world's most unlikely astronaut
Time to say goodbye to British soprano Sarah Brightman; the Phantom of the Opera star is set to take a trip into space, travelling on a Russian spaceship and flying to the International Space Station, 250 miles above Earth. Setting…
