Moon Mission

What US President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode. hen a rare solar eclipse happened in 2017, astronomers and eye doctors repeatedly warned people not to stare directly at the sun…

Scientists recently confirmed the Great Barrier Reef suffered another serious bleaching event last summer - the third in five years. Dramatic intervention to save the natural wonder is clearly needed. First and foremost, this requires global greenhouse gas emissions to be slashed. But the right combination of technological and biological…

By Ben Hamill - April 22 2020 When astronauts James A. Lowell Jr., Fred W. Haise Jr. and John L. Swigert Jr. stepped into the what they had deemed to be safe enclosing of the Apollo 13 fifty years ago, the last thing they had expected was that they had…

IT’S PAYWALLED, BUT I’VE GOT A PIECE IN THE WSJ WITH TAYLOR DINERMAN ON THE TRUMP SPACE PUSH: Trump Opens Outer Space for Business: An executive order and a prospective treaty aim to make celestial mining an attractive investment. President Trump acted two weeks ago to bring about the kind…

With the future of the next Moon landing beginning to look more and and more uncertain as the COVID-19 epidemic pushes developments back, the question hanging in space is whether that is still too soon. Apollo 13 will forever be known as the lunar mission that almost didn’t survive. Today,…

World15:59 GMT 17.04.2020(updated 18:44 GMT 17.04.2020) Get short URLQuarantine measures introduced around the world to contain the spread of coronavirus have been especially hard on some people, but certain individuals have apparently been preparing for the ongoing pandemic their whole lives, thanks to their professions. Binge-eating, increased laziness, aggravation of…

Chorus of international criticism over President Trump’s decision. Show more There’s growing concern at President Trump’s decision to suspend funding for the World Health Organisation. Also in the programme: South Korea finishes voting in a parliamentary election overshadowed by the Covid-19 pandemic. And fifty years on, memories of the Apollo…

It was 50 years ago Monday that the words “Houston, we’ve had a problem” were spoken. For TODAY, Harry Smith talks to mission commander Jim Lovell the explosion on Apollo 13 and the subsequent rescue mission that tested NASA like never before.» Subscribe to TODAY: http://on.today.com/SubscribeToTODAY» Watch the latest from…

Intuitive Machines Targets Launch Date and Landing Site for 2021 Moon Mission Status Report From: Intuitive Machines, LLC Posted: Monday, April 13, 2020 Intuitive Machines (IM) engineers selected an area in Oceanus Procellarum near Vallis Schröteri as the landing site for its upcoming IM-1 lunar mission with an anticipated launch…

Manufacturing and construction workers return to work in Spain. Show more Spanish prime minister says the country is emerging from economic hibernation enforced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Also in the programme: Russia has reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases so far. And fifty years on, memories of the…