No-one has visited the Moon since 1972. But with the advent of commercial human spaceflight, the urge to return is resurgent…
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NASA is planning to land a crew on the Moon by 2024, and then onward to Mars, possibly in the 2030s. One…
SpaceX launches first manned "operational" flight to the ISS Those crazy space cowboys over at SpaceX, working alongside the eggheads of NASA, have done it again. This weekend, SpaceX successfully launched its second ever crewed mission to the International Space Station. The six month journey to the ISS is being helmed by four astronauts, namely
Toyota’s latest robot wants to clean your kitchen for you Just as you think robots can’t possibly replace mediocre jobs, Toyota slides in with its latest innovation. The car company recently unveiled a gantry-type robot that can be mounted overhead in a kitchen and be made to clean. The prototype was revealed at the company’s
Teenager arrested for the major Twitter hack Remember that massive Twitter hack the other day? One of the most impressive social media hacks of the decade? US authorities have arrested a 17-year-old Florida native for the attack, along with another two adults. This is the point where you wonder ‘what am I doing with my
This year, NASA is taking the next giant leap in the search for signs of life beyond Earth. On July…
Now, when being blasted into the great beyond, it makes sense that astronauts will likely experience a severe case of…
Millions of people watched breathlessly as astronauts for the first time successfully travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) in a privately funded spacecraft, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule, on May 30. The historic launch, which marks a new chapter in human spaceflight, is likely to lead to renewed interest in spaceflight.
The astronauts are safe in space at the ISS If you’re even moderately interested in spaceflight, you were probs sitting stuck to your screen on Saturday evening watching the SpaceX crewed mission launch to the ISS. You bet the whole Stuff team were fixated on that launch, which is the first crewed mission to space
Human spaceflight is incredibly difficult and expensive; the rockets must be reliable and the vehicle must be built with expensive life support systems and a certain level of redundancy. To date, only three countries – Russia, the United States and China – have achieved this feat.