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50 years of women in space
On 16 June 1963, the Soviet Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to orbit the Earth. Fifty years on, and there have been only 57 female astronauts for over 470 men!
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A new Cité de l'Espace
The space adventure park in Toulouse has completely redesigned and renewed its permanent exhibitions. The result is an interactive immersion into man's enthusiasm for the stars.
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@explorezmars: Curiosity live!
On Monday 6 August the Mars rover Curiosity should land on the red planet. From today Enjoy Space and Cité de l’Espace are offering you the chance to follow this event on Twitter, and then by video, direct from the NASA JPL in California!
It’s Moonbuggy Race time again!
NASA’s Moonbuggy Race competition is to take place for the 19th time in Huntsville, Alabama on 13 and 14 April 2012. This annual race, the only one of its kind, is aimed at teams of secondary school pupils and students who have to develop a 2-seater “lunar bicycle” in order to be the first to complete a course where obstacles recreate certain difficulties encountered on our natural satellite. The craft which can only be moved by the muscular force of its pilots, has to be able to be dismantled such that it forms a 1.2 m sided cube (just like the “lunar jeep” used for the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions). Furthermore, the race begins with the assembly of the Moonbuggy. Consequently, physical condition is important but then so is the cleverness of the vehicle’s design.
Official MoonBuggy Race website
Published on 10 April 2012
