Wednesday 20 January, 2021
We’re starting another rotation around the sun. Here’s what to watch out for in the skies.
Scientists hope the precious samples could help shed light on the origin of life and the formation of the universe.
From TheJournal.ie
Chang’e 5 will return to earth with 2kg of moon rocks – it is expected to touch down in Mongolia later this month.
It is one step on a programme to send a manned mission to the satellite.
The four astronauts aboard the Dragon capsule will remain at the ISS for six months.
The flight to the space station – 27.5 hours door to door – should be entirely automated.
Only Japan has previously collected asteroid samples.
Scientists made a new discovery in the clouds of Venus recently…
The gas has been detected in the atmosphere of Venus, suggesting the planet could host unknown photochemical or geochemical processes.
There will be 20 times more shooting stars than a normal night on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The rocket took off in California despite a 4.2 magnitude earthquake.
US Space Command said it has evidence that Moscow carried out the test on 15 July.
The Chinese mission is named Tianwen-1.
Earth and Mars are unusually close at the moment, a mere hop of 55 million kilometres.
A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites were launched.
The launch will be attempted again on Saturday.
If all goes as planned, the mission will see SpaceX become the first private company to send astronauts into space.
The two-day demo was originally due to last for over a week.
It will initially have about 200 people and a first-year budget of $40 million.
It’s a huge moment for US spaceflight which is now dependant on private companies.
The black hole is twice as big as scientists believed possible.
The space station is currently home to three Americans, two Russians and one Italian.
The brightest of the fireballs was at about 6.54 pm last night.
There have been 227 spacewalkers since the first spacewalk in 1965 and all of them have included a male.
US military chiefs claim the move is necessary to defend the country’s ‘way of life’.
Fedor copies human movements and can help astronauts carry out tasks remotely.
NASA astronaut Anne McClain has admitted to accessing her ex-partner’s bank account from the International Space Station.
The Irish scrum-halves didn’t kick a single time during the win over Italy.
The calling to travel beyond the Earth owes itself to mythology as well as science, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
Private astronauts may soon be able to visit the ISS for $35,000 a night.
Nasa has said the new seismic event was too small to provide solid data on the Martian interior.
Bouman has herself became an internet celebrity after yesterday’s picture.
“It’s like trying to photograph a golf ball on the Moon.”
Meanwhile, Israel began a mission to make its first Moon landing.
The rover has been out of contact since a dust storm on the Red Planet.
The company is in the red, as it were.
The waves were discovered by Canadian scientists, who cannot explain their origin.
China plans to send its Chang’e 5 probe to the moon next year.
A supermoon later this month is the first of three in a row.
