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Europe's JUICE mission to launch for Jupiter's icy moons
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» KOUROU - The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft is to blast off Thursday on an eight-year journey through the Solar System to discover whether Jupiter's icy moons are capable of hosting extraterrestrial life in their vast, hidden oceans.
Chinese scientists hold first conference to discuss building crewed moon base
South China Morning Post, Published on 12/04/2023
» Chinese scientists have held their first conference dedicated to discussing plans to build a crewed base on the moon.
NASA unveils 'Mars' habitat for year-long experiments on Earth
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» HOUSTON - Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth's neighbor.
First woman, Black astronaut to make 2024 flight around Moon
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» HOUSTON - NASA unveiled the crew on Monday for its first human mission to the Moon in more than 50 years –- including the first woman and Black man to voyage into deep space.
First 3D printed rocket fails shortly after launch
New York Times, Published on 23/03/2023
» Terran 1, a rocket designed and built by the company Relativity Space, suffered a failure shortly after lifting off from a launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, late Wednesday night. A demonstration mission, the rocket was not carrying people or a customer payload, and no one was hurt.
Confronting the global water crisis head-on
Oped, Published on 23/03/2023
» The world's water crisis can no longer be ignored. Unless we manage water properly, we will neither tackle climate change nor meet most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Hand in Hand - Earthquake Relief Gala
Published on 24/02/2023
» We are pleased to announce the Hand in Hand Fundraising Gala for those who have been severely affected by the devastating earthquakes throughout Turkey and Syria is set to take place on March 5th at the iconic Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park.
Omega man
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 24/02/2023
» One of the biggest moments at Omega was in the year 2000, recalled its president and CEO Raynald Aeschlimann. On Zurich’s Bahnhoffstrasse, the Swiss brand had opened a boutique where all Omega watch collections were available in one location for the first time.
Europe shoots for the moon with NASA
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» BREMEN, Germany: European astronauts could walk on the Moon for the first time in the coming years, in exchange for the continent taking on a key role in an ambitious NASA space programme.
Columbia disaster that scuttled the space shuttle
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» PARIS - America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.