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India's Journey to the Moon
On Aug. 23, 2023, India became the fourth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the moon. Chandrayaan-3 — meaning “moon craft” in Sanskrit — took off from a launchpad on July 14, 2023 in Sriharikota, an island in southern India.
Volcanic Exoplanet Discovered By Canadian Astronomers
A new exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been discovered by Canadian astronomers. Quite similar to Earth in many ways, it is known as LP 791-18d, and is located 90 light years away.
First Canadian to Orbit Moon Included Aboard Artemis II
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be part of Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972. The upcoming mission will make Canada the second country to have an astronaut fly around the moon.
NASA’s Artemis I Launches To the Moon
NASA’s Artemis I launched on Nov. 16, being the first flight of NASA’s superheavy rocket ship called the Space Launch System (SLS), and a key step of a three year program to establish a long-term human presence on the moon.
NASA’s DART Successfully Collides with Asteroid
Over the past two decades, scientists around the world have been developing a system to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids and comets. On Sept. 26, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) proved to be a manifestation of these efforts, when the projectile successfully collided with the asteroid Dimorphos.
Nicole Mann Becomes the First Indigenous Woman in Space
On Oct. 5, Nicole Mann became the first Indigenous woman in space. According to NASA, Mann is the commander of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission, launching to the ISS in the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Roberta Bondar’s 30 Years Since Space
On January 22, 1992, Roberta Bondar lifted off from the launchpad and ascended into space, becoming the first Canadian woman and neurologist to do so.
James Webb Telescope Launch
NASA’s James Webb Telescope (JWST) reached its destination, Lagrange Point (L2) on January 24, 2022, preparing to study the earliest stars and galaxies and analyze their emergence in the Universe.
A Milestone for Space Travel: SpaceX Inspiration4
On September 16, humanity took one step closer to commercial space travel when four civilians went into orbit around the earth.
What to Know About NASA’s VIPER
The rover will use its four instruments to analyze the lunar soil in the Moon’s Nobile Crater and determine if water content is present.
ANALYSIS: Is Space a Good Investment?
Jeff Bezos spent $5.5 billion USD on a journey to the edge of space for 11 minutes. Meanwhile on Earth, over 9 million people a year die from starvation, and global temperature continues to climb. This prompts the question: is space a good investment?