25 June 2018
Head of first space nation says citizens will be in space within 25 years
... cabinet of ministers and elect heads of parliamentary committees and members of the quorum,” said Ashhurbeyli. “Other important milestones will be the establishment of the nation’s bank and production of the nations currency. All of this needs...
16 July 2018
Science begins with South Africa's super radio telescope
... Diamond in an address at the ceremony. “South Africa and the South African people should be proud: this is a fantastic milestone for the country, that will certainly make history. Now the science can start in earnest, and...
10 September 2018
IAU wrong about Pluto's planetary status say scientists
...spherical in shape explains Metzger. "And that's not just an arbitrary definition. It turns out this is an important milestone in the evolution of a planetary body, because apparently when it happens, it initiates active geology in the body.” If this...
21 September 2018
Net to capture space junk passes debut debris collection
RemoveDEBRIS, a satellite that uses a net to capture space junk, reached its first milestone this week as it successfully caught some mock debris 300 kilometres above the Earth. Like the plastic ...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
... with humans onboard. Orion is slowly coming together piece by piece and in this last year a number of key milestones have been passed as the spacecraft works towards completion; last month, NASA completed the final test...
02 November 2018
Scientists unravel the formation history of the Milky Way
... Gaia mission, scientists have been able to rewind the history of the Milky Way and discover a major milestone in its formation; that a galaxy slightly more massive than the Small Magellanic Cloud, smashed into our...
