The Sun is the most important celestial body in our solar system, providing the heat and light necessary for life on Earth. It is a vast sphere of hot plasma, undergoing nuclear fusion at its core to generate energy. This article delves into its size, classification, the phenomenon of sunspots, and safe ways to observe…
The Space Race of the 1960s: America’s Journey to the Moon The early 1960s marked a time of fierce competition and bold ambition, as the United States and the Soviet Union faced off in the Cold War’s most extraordinary race—the race to the Moon. With the world on edge, space became the ultimate frontier, and…
Global Lunar Exploration: A Collaborative Leap Toward a Moon Base and Beyond Since the turn of the 21st century, the number of countries and organizations, including the European Space Agency (ESA), embarking on lunar missions has surged. Many of these missions focus on surveying areas of the Moon that could eventually support a Moon base,…
The 1970’s started with the fanfare of Apollo’s 11 and 12 of 1969. However, Apollo 11, particularly , was a political statement to show the United States technological superiority and to fulfil President Kennedy’s vision of in 1962. NASA by this time had felt comfortable about sending a manned mission to the Moon. But in…
The Missions to the Moon have a varied history. Some were great achievements whilst others were tragedies that cost astronauts lost their lives. Through all this NASA made small steps that would eventually lead to Man walking on the Moon. President John F. Kennedy. In May 1961 President John F. Kennedy committed the United States…
After Sputnik the Soviet Union turned its attention to the Moon in 1958. The United States then followed. There is a story behind all these early space craft of the late 1950’s. These early probes that led the way to what would be Man’s outstanding achievement in Apollo 11 and later missions to the Moon….
Cold and Eccentric: A Dive into Uranus and Neptune Uranus Uranus from Voyager 2 Moving on out our next visit is to Uranus the seventh planet from the Sun. Uranus is the third largest planet in the Solar System after Jupiter and Saturn. But unlike Jupiter and Saturn, which are gas giants, Uranus is described…
