How the UK helped America Go to the Moon
- 9th Dec 2024
- Author: John Statham
America may have landed astronauts on the Moon but it took people around the world to make it happen and UK citizens played a role in that.
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NASA/GSFC/SDO The Spookiest Places in the Universe
- 29th Oct 2024
- Author: Lucy Spencer
When it comes to scary wonders, space holds some of the universe’s creepiest secrets. From vampire stars to cosmic pumpkins, let’s take a trip through the spookiest places in the universe.
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Pavel Danilyuk (public domain) Who owns space?
- 9th Oct 2024
- Author: Jasneet Kaur
What are the rules when exploring and operating in space and who decides what they are?
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National Space Centre British Science Fiction Technology
- 21st Sep 2024
- Author: Emma Mosley
Ahead of our BritSciFi weekend, we’ve been looking at technologies used in British Science Fiction shows that exist in real life!
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NASA/Bill Ingalls A Brief History of Space Travel
- 21st Aug 2024
- Author: David Southworth
Join us for a whistlestop tour through the history of human space flight, and some brief thoughts on what might come next
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Polaris Program/John Kraus Polaris Dawn
- 19th Aug 2024
- Author: Edward Turner
The Polaris Program hopes to demonstrate operational capabilities that will help further human exploration to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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NASA Astrolympics
- 11th Aug 2024
- Author: Sophie Allan
What would the Olympic records be if the games took place on the Moon and Mars?
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Katie Holland A (Very) Brief History of Cats in Space
- 8th Aug 2024
- Author: Katie Holland
This International Cat Day, let's take a look at the only cat to have ever journeyed to the stars.
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ESA/NASA-T. Pesquet 5 Facts about the Olympics and Space
- 22nd Jul 2024
- Author: Emma Mosley
We are very excited for the Paris 2024 Olympics to start. To help get us all ready, here are our top 5 Space Olympic facts!
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Arne Nordmann CC BY-SA 3.0 Where are the Aliens?
- 4th Jul 2024
- Author: Caitlin Hauxwell
Let’s explore some of the science and speculation surrounding the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
