Liam Dutton
Earth from space: five stunning pictures
Recently, there have been some particularly striking images of earth from space. I’ve rounded up the best ones and explained what they are showing.
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Astronaut Tim Peake on Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the future of space exploration
Astronaut Tim Peake tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about his journey to becoming an astronaut, his time on the ISS and the crucial role of Elon Musk and SpaceX in future space missions, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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Liam Dutton
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Pluto: from Planet X to ex-planet
Pluto suffered one of the biggest demotions in history when it was downgraded from the solar system’s ninth planet to a lowly Kuiper Belt Object. If it’s not a planet, what is it? And who decides?
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Meet Samantha Cristoforetti – record-breaking astronaut
Samantha Cristoforetti becomes the longest serving female astronaut in space after spending 200 days on the International Space Station and tells would-be scientists: “no dream is too big”.
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Liam Dutton
Ever wondered how cloudy earth is at any one time?
From the cuteness of a fluffy white cumulus to the scary, menacing aura of a towering dark cumulonimbus, each cloud paints its own picture. But typically, how cloudy is our planet at any one time?
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Nasa Messenger’s Mercury crash – but with one last pic
Hurtling to the ground at over 8,700 miles an hour, Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft collided with Mercury on Thursday – but had time to send one last picture.
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Liam Dutton
Five stunning images of earth from space this month
There have been some stunning images of our planet from space so far this month, captured Nasa satellites, so I thought I’d pull together the best ones and share them with you.
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Liam Dutton
As seen from space: erupting volcano and frozen Niagara Falls
The past month has seen stunning images of our planet captured from space by Nasa. I’ve picked some of the best ones, with a little explanation of what they show.
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Tom Clarke
How feasible is a mission to settle Mars?
There is no supersaver return option for Mars. Restrictions of weight and cost would make a “Mars return” mission very expensive indeed.
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Tom Clarke
New images of Pluto are about to reveal the true face of the dwarf planet
Nasa’s New Horizons probe is to start photographing the icy, mysterious world of Pluto, to prepare itself for a historic encounter in July.
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Liam Dutton
Five stunning images of earth from space
As we go about our daily lives on the ground, satellites orbit our planet, capturing detailed images of how the earth’s surface is changing over time.
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Gas leak scare triggers space station evacuation
A suspected ammonia leak forces astronauts to evacuate the American section of the International Space Station – but mission control says that it may have been a false alarm.
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Tom Clarke
Can SpaceX make commercial rockets more affordable?
If today’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center is successful, it will be a big step towards making commercial rockets more affordable.
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Nasa release on-board video of Orion descent
Nasa releases a video of the ‘Mars mission’ Orion spacecraft breaking through the earth’s atmosphere before splashing down on the Pacific Ocean.
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Tom Clarke
Orion’s launch – another giant leap in human space flight
Today’s Orion spacecraft launch is unmanned – but it heralds a return to US astronauts voyaging independently in space.
