Watch this incredible 4k video created by an International Space Station astronaut
A newly released six-minute timelapse video shot by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst provides a beautiful and humbling view of Planet Earth.
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The wonder of the Rosetta mission retold in sci-fi short ‘Ambition’
A collaboration between Platige Image and ESA, this short film draws inspiration from the Rosetta’s mission to “turn science fiction into science fact” by landing a probe on a far-distant comet..
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A trip to the British Interplanetary Society for a lecture on Mars by Abigail Hutty
I’ve often found myself intrigued as to what goes on in inside the British Interplanetary Society, which has its HQ right next to Vauxhall Bus Station in south London. The name has always …
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Smelling the Moon: Kosmica Full Moon Party, London
Tasked with “bringing together the cosmically curious and culturally quirky space community for a social mix of art–space programmes,” the KOSMICA session at the South Bank last week proved to be …
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NASA releases stunning video footage of a rotating Moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been circling the Moon for over years, gathering an unprecedented amount of data about our nearest neighbour.
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Checking out the Google Web Lab at the Science Museum
This was fun: yesterday, the Google Web Lab at the Science Museum, London was opened up for late night visitors, with the added bonus of free booze on tap.
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Forty years ago: man drives a car across the Moon’s surface
It seems remarkable that the first drive across the surface of the Moon happened 40 years ago, when the Lunar Roving Vehicle, or LRV, was taken for a spin across the …
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