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Astronauts in poster form

It is a tradition with astronauts to design an original, fun poster for their space flight to promote their mission amongst NASA personnel.

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R2, the robot astronaut

On shuttle mission STS-133, NASA will send a new generation robot to the ISS to work with the astronauts.
Rosetta: heading for a comet

In 2014, after navigating through the solar system, the European probe will finally arrive at its destination - a comet.
Hayabusa’s odyssey

By releasing a sample return capsule on 13 June 2010, the Japanese probe brought a mission that was believed lost on many occasions to a successful end.
World Cup stadiums

Starting on 11 June 2010, the 19th FIFA Football World Cup is to take place in ten of South Africa’s stadiums. Leader in the field of space imagery, the French company Spot Image can show us them all from space!
Soichi Noguchi’s photographs

Japanese Soichi Noguchi sent numerous superb photographs to his Twitter account from the International Space Station. Here is a small selection of his most recent ones.

So where are the extraterrestrial beings?

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?
The rapid growth of New Space

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?
Avatar’s Venture Star

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.