This is the mythical rocket par excellence, the one that launched Sputnik, the first satellite and Gagarin, the first man in space. The CSG, Guiana Space Centre, is now one of its launch bases: a historic achievement.
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The first episode of this famous science-fiction series was broadcast in September 1966. NASA has often made references to these programmes, as in the case of the space shuttle Enterprise, which had the same name as the spaceship in the series.
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50 years ago on 5 May 1961, a few weeks after Gagarin, American Alan Shepard reached space. Several years later, he was to walk on the Moon, summarising as it were the race in which the Soviet Union and the United States were competing.
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The International Space Station regularly crosses our night sky like a bright star. When and how can you see it? Enjoy Space will explain everything!
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50 years ago on 12 April 1961, the name of a young, enthusiastic, 27 year old man went down in history when he became the first human being in space and marked the beginning of the human space flight era.
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The combination of Internet and images gathered by space probes has meant that almost anyone can virtually explore all the planets, from Venus to Neptune, not forgetting a few moons, asteroids and comets.
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Not so very long ago, astronomers were theorising about life on practically every planet in the solar system whereas today the Earth is sometimes envisaged as the only haven for living beings... have the extraterrestrial beings disappeared in-between times?
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For several years, entrepreneurs have been aspiring to develop a new approach to the space industry and targeting a reduction in launch costs. Is the private sector going to revolutionise human space flight?
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The spaceship from James Cameron’s film is far less fanciful than it appears and even plausibly deals with several problems posed by interstellar travel.
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Return to the Moon to take up where, way too soon, Apollo had stopped. Such was the ambition of the Constellation programme on the point of becoming a page in NASA’s history before it has even achieved its objective.
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Whether you believe it or not, Father Christmas does not forget astronauts despite the obvious lack of a chimney...
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As the European launch vehicle celebrates its 30th birthday, it is perhaps the moment to remember that Ariane very nearly never existed!
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Climate change raises many questions. Satellites could have a decisive role in answering them.
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40 years ago, NASA was behind the first return to the Moon! A mission that was far from being a repeat of Apollo 11.
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NASA is preparing a decisive test flight for the end of the month.
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With its HTV, the Land of the Rising Sun can now send equipment and provisions to the ISS.
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Genuine bricks left over from the formation of the solar system, asteroids are of interest to scientists whilst others would like to exploit their mining resources.
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Why not take advantage of the summer to explore space? There are many discoveries and sensations that can be experienced without ever having to leave our planet.
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Although much in demand, the first man to have walked on the Moon answered our questions. His replies put Apollo 11 in perspective 40 years on.
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So many repeated rumours have grown up over time surrounding the first steps on the moon that it is sometimes hard to tell history from myth.
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NASA is to take astronauts back to the Moon by 2020 in line with a mission plan which is remarkably similar to that of Apollo.
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In 1960 the CIA asked NASA to help disguise the true nature of a spy mission. For state security reasons the space agency presented a non-existent plane to the media!
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Whether for marking breaks in the full timetables or for combining an artistic approach with scientific research, music is often present in various ways on board the space missions. A real “academy of the stars” as it were...
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Launched with Herschel, this other deep space observatory is going to draw up the most accurate portrait ever made of the beginning of the Cosmos.
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At this moment in time, 2 European space observatories are flying to reach their orbit. Their common aim: to get a better understanding of our Universe.
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What do the lotto, biscuits, tyres, an energy drink have in common? They have recently used the space theme in advertisements. So does space really wash whiter or to be more precise is it a good way of promoting the merits of products that claim to do so?
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The Messenger probe marks a long-awaited return to Mercury and the most recent flight over the planet to date has changed our view of it.
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It really ought to be “12x12” to be exact as NASA is working on a prototype for a 12 wheel drive lunar vehicle!
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