space exploration

  • NASA satellite

    What Will NASA’s Latest Mission Teach Us About Plankton’s Role In Climate Change?

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    February 20, 2024 13:12
    Sean Bromilow Early this February, space enthusiasts around the world tuned in at 6:30am GMT to watch as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired NASA’s newest satellite into orbit, where it directed its gaze back down to Earth from a viewpoint higher than the International Space Station. This was...
  • Graphical representation: On the reddish surface of Mars, a small robotic helicopter is on the ground in the foreground with the Nasa logo on its front. In the distance is a rover

    NASA Helicopter On Mars – What Does This Mean For Extra-Planetary Exploration?

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    May 19, 2021 14:50
    Aleyna Adamson Ingenuity, a small helicopter attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover, landed on Mars in the Jezero crater on 18 February 2021. Its mission is completely independent of the rover’s mission and aims to provide purely a demonstration of technology. With Mars being a distance of...

  • A Brief History of Space Exploration

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    October 5, 2020 11:53
    Christina Giallombardo Humans have always looked to the stars and dreamed of exploring the unknown. The development of rocket technology during the mid-20th century allowed us to do just that. In this article, Christina charts our history of space exploration. Following the end of WW2, the two superpowers of...

  • Space Mining and Lunar Bases

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    July 23, 2020 22:23
    Space, stars, satellites, shuttles. So many of us share these fascinations, including Impact writer Rian Patel. We stare up into the skies and wonder about our continual exploration of space. Recently, we have marvelled at SpaceX satellites as they dance and travel through our night skies, but there is...