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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 following AX-1, which is set to take place as early as January 2022. Who will get to go? The Discove...

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 the launch at Springvale Community Hub, there will be onsite activities such as pre-loved clothes s...

(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 he will accomplish in this decade. So would such a journey be safe? Well, if you ask the SpaceX CEO...

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 Richards for the space exploration trip in which it aims to establish a permanent settlement on the...