A Week in the Life of an Astronaut
- 3rd Oct 2025
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
Discover what it is like onboard the International Space Station, where you'll go on your first spacewalk, conduct life-changing experiments, and even garden among the stars!
Space NOW Blog
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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC British Space Shenanigans
- 12th Sep 2025
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
When you think about space, you probably think of NASA. What about the UK? What space-related shenanigans have we been up to since the dawn of the space age?
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- Space and popular culture
- Commercial Spaceflight
- Human Spaceflight
- Deep Space
- Astronomy
- The Solar System
- Robotic Missions
- UK in Space
Space NOW! Podcast
- 28th Aug 2025
- Author: Paul Millington
Space NOW! The space news podcast from the National Space Centre that goes beyond the headlines.
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Jim Lovell - Ad Astra
- 9th Aug 2025
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
On 7 August 2025 astronaut Jim Lovell passed away. Here we recap his life both in space and on Earth.
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public domain International Collaborations in Space
- 23rd Jul 2025
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
Every space enthusiast worth their stellar nebula has heard of the Space Race, where the USA and USSR battled it out to beat the opposing superpower to the arbitrary finish line of landing humans on the Moon. But what about the top collaborations in space? Read on to find out more.
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NASA / JSC / Public Domain My Top 5 Mission Patches of All Time
- 19th Jun 2025
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
Explore my top 5 mission patches of all time!
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NASA How the UK helped America Go to the Moon
- 9th Dec 2024
- Author: John Statham
America may have landed astronauts on the Moon but it took people around the world to make it happen and UK citizens played a role in that.
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NASA Researching Cancer in Space
- 1st Nov 2024
- Author: Emma Mosley
Discover how astronauts in space are helping scientists to understand cancer better and find a cure!
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Pavel Danilyuk (public domain) Who owns space?
- 9th Oct 2024
- Author: Jasneet Kaur
What are the rules when exploring and operating in space and who decides what they are?
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Bob Hines/NASA Stranded In Space
- 9th Sep 2024
- Author: Joseph Walters
Astronauts stranded in space - how does an eight-day mission turn into eight months?
