NASA
‘We’re tipped over’: First private lunar lander ends up on its side
The company that built the six-footed lander initially said the Odysseus lander, the first US moon landing in more than 50 years, was upright after touchdown.
- by Marcia Dunn
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‘Odysseus has taken the moon’: Australia helps guide first private lunar landing
The US has achieved a historic lunar milestone with the touchdown of the Odysseus spacecraft, which marks the return of the US to the moon since the Apollo missions.
- by Angus Dalton
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Space
Remains of sci-fi legends burn in Earth’s atmosphere
Aboard a spacecraft that came back to Earth, were the ashes and DNA from about 70 people, including the creator of Star Trek.
- by Marcia Dunn
The shrinking ice sheet raising sea levels and disrupting ocean cycles
An expanse of frozen water larger than two NSWs or seven Victorias is disappearing faster than scientists had predicted.
- by James Lemon
A crash-landing, cougars and a roast chook bag: A Sydney astronomer’s daring mission
A cutting-edge telescope carrying critical data about dark matter crash-landed in the Patagonian mountains. A Sydney scientist saved the NASA mission.
- by Angus Dalton
NASA streams cat video from deep, deep space
The video of Taters the cat was streamed from 30 million kilometres away, or roughly 80 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon, the farthest ever.
- by Sopan Deb
Floating astronaut tool bag can be seen from Earth
Two NASA astronauts set out for their first spacewalk around the ISS to take care of some routine maintenance. When they got back on board, something was missing.
- by Jesus Jiménez
Life on Mars? This tiny South American mouse might hold the answer
Mummified mice found on mountain summits on the Chile-Argentina border have re-defined what we know about the limits of mammals – and they may help the search for life on other planets.
- by Angus Dalton