Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2024
- 22nd Apr 2024
- Author: Lucy Spencer
In 2024, the peak of the Eta Aquariids occurs between midnight and dawn on 6 May with up 50 meteors an hour in ideal conditions.
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Boeing Boeing Starliner
- 12th Apr 2024
- Author: Catherine Muller and Mike Darch
With its final crewed test flight, will Starliner reach the stars or will Boeing’s long overdue spacecraft experience further delays?
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Lyrid Meteor Shower 2024
- 8th Apr 2024
- Author: Catherine Muller
In 2024, the Lyrids peak late in the evening of 21-22 April, with a rate of 10-20 meteors per hour.
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NASA/JPL NISAR Satellite
- 21st Mar 2024
- Author: Ed Turner
The US-Indian NISAR satellite will use radar to study changes to Earth's ecosystems and polar ice levels as a result of climate change.
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NASA Tom Stafford - Ad Astra
- 19th Mar 2024
- Author: Sean Sweeney
We celebrate and look back at the life of former Air Force Officer, Test Pilot and Nasa Astronaut, Tom Stafford.
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NASA/ Robert Lea From Phosphine and Penguin Poo to Life on Venus?
- 8th Mar 2024
- Author: Jasneet Kaur
In the thick clouds of Venus, Professor Jane Greaves found phosphine. It’s also found in penguin poo, so could there be life on Venus?
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Freestocks.org Public Domain World Book Day
- 7th Mar 2024
- Author: Elspeth Lewis
To celebrate World Book Day, we’re looking back at some of the authors that the National Space Centre has hosted in the last year.
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NSC Creative Space Careers: Planetarium Shows and Immersive Media
- 7th Mar 2024
- Author: Alex Garton
From artists and software developers to producers and presenters, explore careers revolved around planetarium shows and immersive media.
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ESA LEGO into Space
- 1st Mar 2024
- Author: Emma Mosley
Lego has built models of spacecraft but has Lego been into Space? Yes it has and here is a list of the furthest travelled pieces of Lego!
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ESA Orbits and Their Descriptions
- 19th Feb 2024
- Author: Ed Turner
We often talk about satellites, but what do all their different orbits mean? What's the difference between a Lagrange Point and a GEO?
