Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
It was the quieter Martian landing ever. From the US Pathfinder’s descent to the Martian surface that focused the world’s attention (and blew up the Internet) in 1997, we got used to following all Martian attempts in real life or…
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In the following days, I am going to post updates on the three Mars missions that are due to arrive just now. Tomorrow is the case of Hope, UAE’s probe and first to the finishing line. Hope is going to…
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This week’s post is devoted to this interesting new mission, after we’ve just enjoyed the last supermoon of 2020. Lucy will be the first space mission to study the Trojans, asteroids that occupy about the same orbit around the Sun…
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If you accept the idea that everyone/everything NOT living on planet Earth for all or most of their lives is a spacenoid (questionable as it might be, and the discussion would be long indeed…) we have a few of us…
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2018 has been another amazing year in terms of space exploration and rocket launches. Now that we’re almost at the end, I’d like to offer a few highlights. Some of the missions are still ongoing and one is coming to…
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Since I’m now deep down in my (non fiction) book about space (I’m due to submit to the publisher in a couple of weeks, after more than one year of work) I thought I could share here some of the…
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After having started the week with the (truly amazing) landing of Insight on Mars, I close it with the news of another event not less spectacular, also by NASA: Osiris-REX, after more than two years of travelling in outer space, will…
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After a journey across space started in May of this year, Nasa’s InSight probe has landed tonight on Mars as planned, while the world held its breath. While this was not the first visit to Mars, the odds of success were still low….
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Worries about Hubble’s operations have troubled the last month or so, at least since Friday, October 5, 2018, when the telescope was put into safe mode while NASA worked to solve its issues. As explained by the scientists, “Hubble entered safe…
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Among the numerous news of this week, one is worthy of further discussion. After decades of studies, BepiColombo mission is a go. The probe represents Europe’s first mission to Mercury, just launched yesterday (20 October) toward the smallest and least…
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