Moon Mission

Science & Technology The Artemis programme is a stepping stone for NASA’s “next giant leap”: To send astronauts to Mars By DTE Staff Last Updated: Monday 24 February 2020 United States space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that it will begin to accept applications for astronauts under…

For anyone reminiscing about their childhood, you may remember being asked at school “what do you want to be when you're older?” Doctor, sports player...astronaut! All very common answers, and although few of us follow through with our childhood dreams and career ambitions, now may be your chance to become…

XRP has been like a rocket ship ready for a moon mission, with crypto speculators predicting an immense rally against the dollar and Bitcoin.But either XRP is refueling its jets before more upside or has just taken a detour back into a selloff, as the price of the number three…

SpaceX has not yet received permission from NASA to fly astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon space capsule. But once it does receive permission -- perhaps just months from now, seeing as SpaceX's first crewed mission is expected to take off by mid-year -- NASA a…

For decades, NASA has been the kid politely asking for a raise in its allowance. Time was NASA’s pocket money was huge. Go back 54 years, to 1966, and the space agency was getting $5.9 billion a year—which would be a tidy $47 billion in 2020 dollars. That represented 4.1%…

Last SlideNext Slide UPDATE: The launch on Feb.15 was a success. Read more HERE.  NASA Wallops Flight Facility will attempt to launch Northrup Grumman's Antares rocket on Feb. 15, 2020.  Launch time is set at 3:21 p.m. The company's 13th mission out of Wa…

Am 13.02.2020 veröffentlichtLet’s say you’re on an interplanetary mission to Mars, millions of miles from the nearest hospital, and something in your body goes awry. Say, a routine body scan reveals a potentially life-threatening blood clot. What on Earth, or in space I guess, do you do? Well now we…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Do you have what it takes to become a Nasa astronaut? Going into space is a dream shared by children and adults around the world.Although humans have not stepped foot on the Moon in almost half a century, Nasa hopes to change this. It…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Do you have what it takes to become a Nasa astronaut? Going into space is a dream shared by children and adults around the world.Although humans have not stepped foot on the Moon in almost half a century, Nasa hopes to change this. It…

February 12, 2020 | 10:28am Wondering if you have what it takes to be an astronaut? Start by checking NASA’s jobs board. NASA is preparing to send one man and one woman to the moon as part of the emerging Artemis program, and its asking American scientists, pilots and engineers…