SpaceX awarded a $178M contract for NASA’s mission to Jupiter’s moon

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 sending a mission to Venus to explore the planet for the first time in more than 30 years

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

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission begins its 1.4 billion mile journey home from asteroid Bennu

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

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will leave asteroid Bennu TODAY

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

Young minke whale washes up on British beach sparking frantic mission to refloat her

Young minke whale washes up on British beach sparking frantic mission to refloat her and reunite the one-year-old with her mother A one year old minke whale was found washed up in Dalgety Bay, Fife Rescuers have been working since this morning to save the baby whale Spotters have been sent out to find the … Read more

TV producer Harry Michaels sells Point Piper Spanish Mission apartment for a whopping $3.7 million

TV entrepreneur and Number 96 actor Harry Michaels sells Point Piper Spanish Mission apartment for a whopping $3.7 million By D. Lawrance For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:50 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 07:26 BST, 7 April 2021 The Australian TV producer and actor, best known for playing Giovanni Lenzi on the iconic soap Number … Read more

Simon Pegg admits he was ‘a wreck’ filming Mission Impossible III because of alcoholism battle

‘I drank my whole mini-bar’: Simon Pegg admits he was ‘a wreck’ filming Mission Impossible III as he talks about his battle with alcoholism If you need help, call Alcoholics Anonymous free on 0800 9177 650 or email [email protected] By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 09:26 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 09:26 BST, 6 … Read more

SpaceX’s Dragon spaceship given domed window for Inspiration4 all-civilian mission

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship will be equipped with a domed window for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space later this year, Inspiration4.  The company posted an artist’s impression of the specially modified Crew Dragon on Twitter with the caption: ‘A new view for crew.’ Crew Dragon’s additional window at the ‘nose’ of the space capsule … Read more

Mission to demonstrate space debris removal set for launch

The world’s first satellite that uses magnets to gather up space junk will launch into space this weekend.  The craft, called ELSA-d and made by Japanese firm Astroscale, will blast off from Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at 6.07am GMT on Saturday (March 20). The 200kg craft consists of two components that will perform a series of … Read more

Molly-Mae Hague shows off her new teeth on mission to become more ‘natural’

Molly-Mae Hague shows off her new teeth as she gets composite bonds removed on mission to become more ‘natural’ after getting lip fillers dissolved By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 15:32 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 15:45 GMT, 15 March 2021 Molly-Mae Hague has revealed she has got rid of the composite bonds on … Read more