Tagged: Space
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield 'hearts' UK and Ireland from space News
11.03.2013 Cmdr Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who has been tweeting from the International Space Station, has given Ireland another shout-out along with the UK, accompanied by a... -
Starbursts offer a cosmic lab for physics News
07.03.2013 When Prof Lorraine Hanlon is not tracking down massive bursts of energy from exploding stars in the universe, she is working to get the public more engaged with physics. Claire... -
NASA releases footage of SpaceX Dragon capture (video) News
06.03.2013 US space agency NASA has released a video that shows how crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to snag the Dragon capsule containing... -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield tweets photo of Belfast from space News
05.03.2013 Cmdr Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) who has been snapping photos of Earth and sharing them on Twitter, has captured another... -
More of astronaut Chris Hadfield’s stunning Earth photos from space News
01.03.2013 It’s a busy life for an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), carrying out scientific experiments, performing robotic tasks, and taking photos of Earth and... -
SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon to head to International Space Station today News
01.03.2013 Conditions are looking favourable for the liftoff today of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to resupply the... -
Russian meteor fragments listed for sale on eBay News
22.02.2013 Enterprising citizens are heading to eBay to sell for hundreds of dollars what are purportedly fragments of the meteor that fell over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk last week. -
NUI Galway researchers seek to lighten fuel tanks for space launches News
21.02.2013 Two PhD students in mechanical engineering at NUI Galway are helping to develop new materials to cut down the cost of launching rockets into space. -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield follows Dublin photo with 'cooking show' (video) News
20.02.2013 Cmdr Chris Hadfield, who recently tweeted a photo of Dublin at night from the International Space Station along with a message in Irish, now has a ‘cooking in space’ show on... -
Videos capture meteor that injured more than 700 people in Russia (videos) News
15.02.2013 UPDATED NUMBER OF INJURED: Amateur videos have captured what is believed to be the meteor that shed fragments and injured more than 700 people in Russia this morning. Reports... -
NASA to broadcast asteroid flyby online News
15.02.2013 Have you ever wanted to see an asteroid streak past the Earth? Well, today’s your chance, weather permitting, as US space agency NASA will broadcast online the flyby of asteroid... -
Viral videos of the week – 03/02/2013 News
03.02.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a can of mixed nuts in space, Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, a very determined... -
NASA to mark 10th anniversary of Columbia disaster today News
01.02.2013 Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster, which resulted in the deaths of its seven astronauts. NASA is marking the anniversary with ceremonies at... -
New space start-up plans to launch spacecraft to mine asteroids by 2015 News
22.01.2013 A new US space company by the name of Deep Space Industries is set to launch today, with the aim of sending spacecraft into space by 2015 to hunt for and explore asteroids that... -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s pictures capture Earth from space (photos) News
16.01.2013 Cmdr Chris Hadfield has been orbiting the Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly a month now, and he has been sharing what the planet looks like from... -
Russia to send unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015 News
15.01.2013 Russia’s federal space agency Roscosmos is planning to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015, with the spacecraft set to launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome that will... -
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Astronomers discover potentially habitable planet 12 light-years away News
19.12.2012 A group of astronomers may have detected a planet that could support human life and which is hosted by the Earth’s nearest single sun-like star Tau Ceti, at just 12 light-years... -
NASA prepares twin probes to crash land on moon News
17.12.2012 Twin spacecraft by US space agency NASA that have been orbiting the moon and allowing scientists to learn more about the moon’s composition and internal structure are to crash... -
NASA mistakes Mount Everest for mountain in India News
14.12.2012 A photo taken from space that NASA posted online is not of Mount Everest, but a mountain in India, the US space agency has admitted.