This Friday, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and his Crew-2 mission team are flying to the ISS for six months. On certain occasions, they will be able to taste small dishes of gastronomic quality. On the menu:lobster, beef bourguignon, cod with black rice, potato pancakes and wild mushrooms, or even

Like many people on Earth, astronauts aboard the ISS have regular work schedules, with time off and days off to relax. loosen. Although it may seem normal to us, this consideration for the mental health of astronauts has not always been taken into account. In the 1960s, American astronauts experien

China has selected a Russian science payload to accompany its upcoming near-Earth asteroid sampling mission. Visiting a comet moving in the main belt will also be discussed later. After Japan and the United States, China is also aiming to collect samples from an asteroid. This ambitious mission, to

Analysis of several Martian meteorites suggests that Mars subsurface could be a good place to search for possible current life on the Red Planet. When is a drilling operation? Details of the study are published in the journal Astrobiology. On Earth, the vast majority of living beings need sunlight

Amazon just announced that the first satellites in its Kuiper constellation will be launched and delivered to low Earth orbit by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. For the past few years, SpaceX has been developing its Starlink project, aimed at providing broadband Internet connectivity from

China is working to develop a space telescope capable of offering astronomy research capabilities rivaling those of Hubble. If all goes as planned, the observatory could be launched as early as 2024. A Chinese station called Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) is soon to join the ISS in orbit, before taking

While Perseverance has already been on Mars since February, Chinas rover is still waiting for its chance to land on the Red Planet. The latter, newly named Zhurong after an ancient god of fire, will attempt to land in mid-May. China continues to prepare for the landing of its rover. The Tianwen-1 m

In recent years, Chinese and American researchers have been interested in the EmDrive system. It must be said that a means of space propulsion without fuel could potentially embody an important step towards interstellar travel. Only then, it seems that this innovation will never really see the light

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology presented a concept of a suborbital spacecraft capable of transporting humans anywhere on the planet from space. And this vehicle, you will be able to see, looks strangely like the SpaceX Starship. This weekend, China celebrated its sixth  National Spa

Recently, NASA surprised everyone by selecting SpaceX (and only SpaceX) to supply its next manned lunar lander. By betting on the Starship, it gives itself the means to multiply missions at low cost. For its part, SpaceX will also need the American agency to go to Mars. About a year ago, NASA annou

Jared Isaacman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, will travel with SpaceX this year on an all-civilian mission. Three people will accompany him on this crazy adventure. Together, they will therefore be the first to orbit the planet without the presence of a professional astronaut. Youve probably hea

In a preprint, an astronomer proposes an interstellar navigation system based on star triangulation. In short, it is a kind of space GPS. This proposal comes as NASA thinks it can use pulsars for its ships like boats with lighthouses. A questioning of NASAs idea? In 2018, NASA unveiled an equivalen

According to a new study, after almost a year on board the ISS, American astronaut Scott Kellys heart shrunk like swimmers in the world. endurance, but he remained reasonably fit. This research will obviously have implications for future long-term space travel. The human body having evolved on Eart

A new study casts doubt on the composition of nearly 70% of our world. According to these new simulations, dark matter with magnetic capabilities could actually be driving the evolution of the Universe. Expanding the Universe At the end of the 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble made a discovery that re

As commander for his next six-month mission aboard the ISS, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet will not forget to exercise. The goal is to lose as little muscle mass as possible during your stay. To do this, he will use virtual reality technology that will allow him to cycle in total immersion on real

NASAs Roman space telescope will help us better understand the evolution of our Universe, but thats not all. Researchers also want to build on it to unearth tens of thousands of new planets. The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope (formerly WFIRST) is, along with the James Webb Telescope, one of the most a

NASAs InSight lander has detected two new Marsquakes of magnitude 3.1 and 3.5. Operations are also underway to try to bury the cable connecting the seismometer to its lander to protect it from the weather. The American lander InSight successfully landed in November 2018 on the western side of a lav

Currently tethered to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceXs Resilience capsule, which has been in space longer than any other spacecraft American, just changed port of stowage. Another ship is due to park soon. On Monday, NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, as w

New observations with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) suggest that interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is one of the most “ virgins never observed. Before passing close to the Sun, it had probably never encountered a star. On August 30, 2019, amateur astronomer G

Perseverances MEDA system will allow researchers to better understand the weather conditions of the Jezero crater, but not only. This data will be valuable in preparing for the sample return mission and the arrival of the first humans. On Earth, the weather plays an important role in our daily plan