spaceflight
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How to Watch Two Americans Take Their First Spacewalk
While we’re waiting on NASA’s Artemis I moon rocket to (maybe) finally launch this week, there’s another space event worth tuning in for: Two American astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station are taking their first spacewalk on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
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When to See April’s Full Pink Moon at Peak Brilliance
April’s full Moon rises on Sunday, April 17, and reaches peak illumination at 5:57 a.m. AEST. Lifehack: Enjoy the Pink Moon’s peak illumination while listening to Nick Drake’s seminal, bittersweet 1972 album Pink Moon — there are way worse things you could be doing at 3 a.m. in the springtime.
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What Should You Do If Space Junk Lands in Your Yard?
Imagine you wake up to a smouldering piece of machinery in your yard, still smoking and sizzling after screaming towards Earth from space. This is an extremely unlikely scenario, but it remains true that space junk happens. Of all the scientific instruments we launch into the stratosphere, some of it, on occasion, comes plummeting back…
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Today I Discovered: Valentina Tereshkova, The First Woman In Space
Valentina Tereshkova worked at a textile mill as a teenager and began learning to parachute in her early 20s. As the space race between the US and the Soviets hastened, she applied to be an astronaut. On June 16, 1963, she climbed into a tiny capsule that would make her the first woman to ever…
