Tag: NASA
The Artemis I mission marks the start of a new space race to mine the Moon
Image: NASA / Joel Kowsky
NASA plans to launch the Artemis I lunar mission this Saturday, September 3, after a first attempt earlier in the week was cancelled...
James Webb Telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy
A star forming region in the Milky Way. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
After decades of development and many trials and frustrations along the way, the James...
So a helicopter flew on Mars for the first time. A space physicist explains why that’s such a big deal
Picture: NASA/AP
On Tuesday at 9pm Australian Eastern standard time, the Ingenuity helicopter — which landed on Mars with the Perseverance rover in February — took off from...
Apes, robots and men: the life and death of the first space chimp
Picture: NASA
On January 31, 1961, an intrepid chimpanzee called Ham was launched on a rocket from Cape Canaveral in the United States, and returned...
Perseverance: the Mars rover searching for ancient life, and the Aussie scientists who helped build it
The Perseverance Rover (Mars 2020) installed within
the upper stage of the United Launch Alliance rocket that will
send it to Mars from...
Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this
The Moon
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order reaffirming that companies joining US mining activities on the moon would have property rights...