Orionids Meteor Shower 2024
- 24th Sep 2024
- Author: Sean Sweeney (updated by Dhara Patel)
As we head towards the winter, we're treated to the Orionid meteor shower. This year it will peak overnight from 20-21 October.
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ESA Hera: ESA's Mission to a Damaged Asteroid
- 23rd Sep 2024
- Author: Ed Turner
Hera is ESA's mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, to investigate the recent impact of NASA's DART spacecraft, helping to save planet Earth from future hazardous asteroids.
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National Space Centre Draconid Meteor Shower 2024
- 23rd Sep 2024
- Author: Mike Darch (updated by Dhara Patel)
Find out how to spot the Draconid meteor shower in 2024, when it peaks on 8-9 October.
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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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Bob Hines/NASA Stranded In Space
- 9th Sep 2024
- Author: Joseph Walters
Astronauts stranded in space - how does an eight-day mission turn into eight months?
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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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NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team Supernovae – The Universe’s fireworks
- 6th Aug 2024
- Author: Joseph Walters
A supernova is a truly incredible sight that appears following an immense explosion, but could they affect us?
