NASA
The Case for an International Moon Base
Posted in Science on 13th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Toward the end of 2015, Russias space program announced plans to begin a series of lunar missions that would culminate in the creation of a manned moon base by 2030.
New Horizons shows that Pluto's heart probably has floating mounds of water ice
Posted in Science on 5th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Scientists believe these water ice hills are floating in a sea of frozen nitrogen and move over time like icebergs in Earths Arctic Ocean.
NASA details CubeSats to launch aboard SLS
Posted in Science on 3rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
13 CubeSats will be loaded onto the most powerful rocket ever, some of which will be deployed to inspect asteroids, while others will gather data on the Moon.
NASA's New Horizons team discovers vast reserves of water ice on Pluto
Posted in Science on 3rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Water ice is surprisingly abundant on Pluto's surface, a new map of the dwarf planet reveals.
Chris Hadfield: Moon colonisation is 'obvious' next step
Posted in Science on 23rd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
The European Space Agency has announced its intent to put humans back on the Moon "by the end of the next decade".