Glimpse a Geminid meteor this weekend
Glimpse a Geminid meteor this weekend
The peak of the Geminid meteor shower occurs this weekend and with the Moon out of the way you’ve got a great opportunity to spot shooting stars.
Swift: image of the week
Today marks the anniversary of NASA's Swift satellite, which rode to orbit aboard a Delta II rocket on November 20, 2004. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful explosions in the universe. These bursts are thought to be connected to …
LISA: image of the week
The countdown is on for the launch of Europe’s LISA Pathfinder (LPF) spacecraft.
Dione: image of the week
This image shows one of Saturn’s many moons. Dione is one of over 60 moons to be discovered so far. Taken from the Cassini orbiter, the image shows it move across its parent planet.
Space in the jungle
Nothing about the International Partnership Space Programme (IPSP) is routine - every project is unique and different from our ordinary business. I will show you how some IPSP projects push 'ordinary’ to brand new levels.
The Third Sentinel: image of the week
This image shows the third satellite of the Sentinel fleet before being shipped to Russia before launch. Sentinel-3A is due to be launched in December 2015 from Plesetsk in Russia.
The Apollo Archive: image of the week
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This week (5 October 2015) thousands of images from the Apollo space missions were put into public domain.
Ask the Expert: Beth Healey, Friday 9 October
This week we will be joined by Dr Beth Healey, Research MD with the European Space Agency.
Hang out with us: 6 October (6pm BST)
The Space sector has ambitious targets to quadruple in size between 2010 and 2030 and your business or organisation could be part of this revolution.
Hale Crater, Mars: image of the week
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This week's image of the week (1 October 2015) is of Hale Crater on Mars showing large, dark, narrow streaks believed to be caused by seasonal flow of water.
LEGO to the Science Museum!
We teamed up with LEGO Master Builders to build a model of the Soyuz Capsule – a replica of the one Tim Peake will be using in December. The two-thirds size Soyuz took 650 hours to build and used over …