🚀 Space
Space is the final frontier and is now being opened to everyone thanks to front runners such as NASA and now SpaceX and Elon Musk, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.
🛰 Two new satellites will give us better forecasts for space weather
By increasing our understanding of how solar winds and eruptions on the solar surface occur, we can gain knowledge about how to better protect our satellites.
🚀 The dream of Mars is getting closer - and it benefits us all
Elon Musk's SpaceX aims to land humans on Mars, which is why the company was founded. In addition to making us a multiplanetary genus, there will also be technology that benefits us all in its wake.
📚 E-book: Top 20 Space Breakthroughs 2020
2020 has been a very special year in space and in space-related activities. It has seen a long series of breakthroughs that have changed the way we think about space – here are the top 20.
🤝 NASA signs new Artemis agreements with Canada and Brazil
A Canadian astronaut will fly on the Artemis II mission to the Moon. Canadian engineers will build a robotic arm to the lunar Gateway. Brazil shows intent to sign the Artemis Accords and possibly contribute with a Brazilian-built Moon rover.
🇺🇸 New U.S. space policy sets goal on human missions to Mars
The new National Space Policy of the USA, published December 9th, presents an updated list of the nation’s space goals. These include enabling Mars travel and space resource utilization. A permanent presence on the Moon is also on the list.
🌑 Chang’e-5 returns with a rock sample from the Moon
China has completed the cutting-edge mission to bring back samples from the Moon to the Earth for the first time since the 1970’s. The Chang’e-5 mission involved many challenging steps, including a docking in lunar orbit and a bounce re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.
☄️ Welcome to Earth, Ryugu dust!
Scientists from the Japanese state space agency JAXA have now opened the sample return capsule brought to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu. The sample was dropped off from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft 10 days ago as it flew past Earth, completing a sample-return mission lasting 6 years.
⭐️ 2020 Will End With "Hopeful" Christmas Star Sighting - First Time in 800 Years
The “Christmas star” or “Star of Bethlehem” is the first celestial happening of its kind to occur in 800 years. Meaning the last people to witness it were living in the Middle Ages.
🌕 The most elusive stars of the universe could be observed with a telescope on the Moon
Astronomers from the University of Texas, Austin, wants to give new life to an old idea by NASA. The team desires to look deep into space and explore the most elusive stars, with the help of a telescope on the moon.