🚀 Space
Space is the final frontier and is now being opened to everyone thanks to front runners such as NASA and now SpaceX and Elon Musk, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.
🌜 Artemis Accords will guarantee that space exploration benefits all of humanity
A new agreement will set up rules for future space exploration and reduce the ambiguities in the current agreement.
🛰️ NASA touches down on asteroid and collects dust to understand the origin of our Solar System
OSIRIS-REx briefly touched the surface of asteroid Bennu, and during that time collected dust samples that will be returned to Earth. Bennu is 4,5 billion years old so scientist hopes it can help us understand the origin of our Solar System.
🚀 Sweden in a space race with Norway - both countries will be able to launch satellites
The upgrade of the space center Esrange to launch satellite starts a space race between Sweden and Norway, which also aims for its first launch in 2022.
🚀🚗Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster - Starman - has reached Mars
The Tesla car and mannequin in the driver's seat launched on a SpaceX rocket in 2018, has now reached the Red Planet.
☄️ European Space Agency starts projects to protect the earth from asteroids
The Hera probe will measure how much we can change the orbit of an asteroid by crashing a space probe into the asteroid.
🔭 A gas on Venus can indicate life on the planet
Astronomers may have found signs of life on the planet Venus. If it turns out to be true, it is one of the greatest discoveries in human history.
🍄 Radiotrophic fungi could serve as radiation shield for travellers to Mars
Fungi thriving in the radioactive environment at Chernobyl could serve as radiation protection for astronauts, according to new findings from a test at the ISS.
🛰 A helicopter is the next step to explore the red planet
In February of next year, the test helicopter Ingenuity will arrive on Mars to be sent out on a short trip. With helicopters, it may be possible to cover larger areas and take better overview pictures than from a Marslander.
🤝 The world's first multi-signature blockchain transaction in space
In a milestone achievement for the Blockchain ecosystem, the transaction advances the vision of creating a decentralized orbital constellation for fintech applications and business transactions.