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Do you want to be an astronaut? That’s the question the Discovery Channel is asking people with a new reality show competition Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?, announced on Monday, May 18, 2021. The Discovery Channel says it aims to send one ordinary (but lucky) person on a space tourism trip to the International Space Station (ISS). The winner will be a crew member for Axiom Mission 2 (AX-2), the second mission from Axiom Space to transport a fully private group of space travelers to the ISS ...

The Discovery Channel announced on May 18, 2021, that it's launching a new reality show competition called "Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?" It aims to send one ordinary person to the International Space Station for an 8-day stay.

- A candidate astronaut for the Mars One space-colony will be ‘making a difference’ closer to home. Dianne McGrath will appear via ZOOM as ambassador for City of Greater Dandenong’s Forever Fest on May 22-30. She’ll feature at the launch and each day of the nine-day climate-change and sustainability festival, which will be a mix of on-site and online content. Ms McGrath was ranked in the top-10 candidates – out of 200,000 applicants – for the proposed one-way trip to settle Mars. At...

(NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) The arrival of the Perseverance rover on Mars, along with its miniature helicopter, has brought space travel back into popularity in the news. At the same time, we recently sent another batch of astronauts to the International Space Station on one of Elon Musk’s Crew Dragon rockets. The confluence of these events seems to have sparked some renewed interest in plans for a potential mission to send human beings to the red planet, a goal that Musk has frequently claimed...

Mars One contender Josh Richards finally finds a place to call home, but prepares to leave it all behind SatSaturday 17 Josh Richards at his diver accommodation The Habitat #99 in Mount Gambier, South Australia.  ( Share Print text only What would you want to do with your last 10 years on Earth? People often ask the question when facing old age or illness but in Josh Richards case, the 35-year-old is preparing for a one-way trip to Mars. Mars One is the private consortium that short-listed Mr ...

‘Perseverance's’ landing on Mars has been termed a major breakthrough in decades of scientific exploration

10 Newly Uncovered Facts About Mars When NASA announced the discovery of flowing water on Mars, it was a big deal. Since then, we’ve made many more discoveries that have mostly gone under the radar of the general public. Currently, we have two rovers and three orbiters exploring Mars with another two on the way. We are constantly finding out new things about our red neighbor or confirming previous ideas. 10 Mars Has Impact Glass Which Might Preserve Life Impactite is a type of rock created fr...

Mars Perseverance Rover and the Future Colonization of Mars The 2020s is the decade of Mars. Last week NASAs Perseverance rover became the sixth American robot to land on the red planet, and the third visitor this month. Where are we going with Mars, who will get us there, and what is the ultimate goal? Pete Sullivan | March 2, 2021, 7am PST Share At 3:48 p.m. Eastern time on February 18, 2021, NASAs Perseverance rover touched down on Mars, after traveling nearly 300 million miles in its six...

I was getting some work done, but cheating a bit using a split screen so I could watch the landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars. At first the coverage consisted of interviews and analysis,. . .

“This month, three different nations will arrive on Mars, the United States, China and the UAE. That’s… that’s unheard of… right? This is a historic time!” says Jim Adams, the retired former deputy chief technology officer of NASA and former deputy director of planetary science, who spent nearly three decades with the space agency. Indeed, February 2021 will be a particularly significant month for the realisation of the dream of eventually landing a human (or humans) on Mars. The Ch...