PHOTO GALLERY: A spectacular Saturn at equinoxNASA’s Cassini spacecraft sent back some amazing photos of Saturn and its moons during equinox (when the sun crosses the celestial equator), including close ups of moon craters and Saturn’s famous rings.
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Visualising 50 years of space travel
An amazing interactive infographic displaying every mission into space for the last 50 years. Poor lonely Pluto.
Space snacks: creating a menu for Mars
Freeze-dried shrimp cocktail and irradiated beef fajitas: modern space food has gotten pretty sophisticated. The LA Times meets the scientists-cum-chefs responsible for packing 6570 meals for NASA’s next trip to Mars.
Let’s invite China to the space party
China has spaceships, scientific know-how, money and man-power. Could bringing them into orbit with the US’s space program build a base for better relations between the two countries?
Guy Rundle: Stuff the Moon, stuff Mars, let’s go to the stars
Mars? We’d barely notice we’d got to Mars. The Moon? A commuter jump. Guy Rundle sets his sights higher.
What really happened to Russia’s missing cosmonauts?
An incredible tale of space hacking, espionage and death in the lonely reaches of space.
Flannery’s new gig is far out
Environmentalist Tim Flannery has come under fire after accepting a role as Richard Branson’s “environmental consultant” on green space travel.
Scientists shoot for the far-flung stars
A small group of scientists are attempting to use the sun’s light to power a spacecraft far enough to explore deep into outer space.
