Elon Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX has been awarded a $178 million (£129 million) contract for NASA’s first mission to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth largest moon. SpaceX will provide ‘launch services’ for the Europa Clipper mission, which is due to blast off in October 2024 to study Europa through a series of fly-bys, NASA said. The spacecraft will … Read more
NASA is returning to Venus for the first time in more than 30 years, as the space agency unveiled two new $500 million missions on Wednesday that are expected to launch within the next 10 years. As part of its State of the Agency address, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, … Read more
The space agency plans to send the rover, named VIPER, to explore the lunar south pole to look for water ice and other resources that could be harvested by humans.
He reportedly recently had to call security to deal with trespassers breaking into the huge Mission: Impossible 7 set in Yorkshire. Yet Tom Cruise appeared in good spirits on Wednesday as he posed for a socially-distanced selfie with fans after landing via helicopter in the outskirts of London. The actor, 58, wore a protective black face mask amid the … Read more
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has embarked on its 1.4 billion-mile journey back to Earth after spending two years on asteroid Bennu. OSIRIS-REx (the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) was the first NASA mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid, survey the surface, and collect a sample to deliver to Earth. The craft is carrying … Read more
Ryan Thomas embarked on his incredible charity mission to walk 10 marathons in 10 days from London to Manchester on Monday. The former Coronation Street star, 36, posed for pictures outside Buckingham Palace with his fiancée Lucy Mecklenburgh, 29, and their son Roman, 14 months, before he set off on his 10-day charity walk. The … Read more
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will leave asteroid Bennu today and begin its 1.4 billion mile, two year long journey back to the Earth, the space agency confirmed. OSIRIS-REx (the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) was the first NASA mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid, survey the surface, and collect a sample to deliver to … Read more
Tom Cruise has reportedly had to call security to deal with trespassers breaking into the huge Mission: Impossible 7 set in Yorkshire. The movie has been filming in the village of Stoney Middleton in Derbyshire, with the movie using Darlton Quarry for some of the stunt scenes. A source has now told The Sun that … Read more
Disastrous British WWII raid on Dieppe was decoy for secret mission using elite German refugee soldiers to steal Nazis’ new Enigma machine – under command of James Bond writer Ian Fleming The Dieppe raid was designed as a decoy by James Bond writer Ian Fleming German refugees were supposed to pinch Nazis’ new Enigma coding … Read more
Disastrous British WWII raid on Dieppe was decoy for secret mission using elite German refugee soldiers to steal Nazis’ new Enigma machine – under command of James Bond writer Ian Fleming The Dieppe raid was designed as a decoy by James Bond writer Ian Fleming German refugees were supposed to pinch Nazis’ new Enigma coding … Read more