Unpacking Tim Peake’s Principia Mission
- 25th Aug 2026
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tim's return to Earth, can he work out what the artefacts are in our mystery box?
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NASA/JPL-Caltech A Beginner's Guide to Space Rocks
- 22nd Jul 2026
- Author: John Statham
Our Solar System is full of some amazing space rocks from the size of planets right down to tiny meteorites - but where did they come from and are any of them a threat to life on Earth?
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National Space Centre Create Your Own Core Sample!
- 17th Jul 2026
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson & Emma Mosley
Follow these instructions to make your own Chicxulub Core Sample!
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National Space Centre Meet Robotic-Explorer: R-Ex
- 12th Jun 2026
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
We’re sending R-Ex on a top-secret mission to venture into the unknown to discover other worlds and search for signs of ancient life!
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NASA How Not to Die on Mars
- 29th Apr 2026
- Author: Declan Bark
So, you’ve just booked yourself a ticket to Mars. Your bags are packed and you’re buckled into your spacecraft on top of the rocket, ready to go! And yet, you never actually read to see if Mars is even safe or not… how dangerous could this red planet be really?
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National Space Centre Astroberry
- 13th Feb 2026
To celebrate 25 years of the National Space Centre, we've teamed up with Steep Soda to develop a brand-new drink that tastes like the centre of the galaxy.
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NASA 5 Women Working on Artemis II
- 11th Feb 2026
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
This International Day of Women and Girls in Science Day, discover a handful of the women launching humans back to the Moon!
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NASA/Liam Yanulis Artemis: Returning Humans to the Moon
- 28th Jan 2026
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
It's a very exciting time to be a space fan right now. For the first time in over 50 years, NASA are sending humans back to the Moon with the Artemis Program. But what does NASA have planned? Who is Artemis? And what does Shaun the Sheep have to do with all this?
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National Space Centre Top 10 Tim Triumphs
- 27th Nov 2025
- Author: Chloe Hopkinson
Explore just 10 of the top triumphs achieved by British astronaut, Tim Peake!
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Space NOW! Podcast
- 25th Nov 2025
- Author: Paul Millington
Space NOW! The space news podcast from the National Space Centre that goes beyond the headlines.
