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Boeing X-37B completes its sixth mission

16 November 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

On Saturday 12th November 2022, the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, operated by the US Space Force, returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 5:22 am ET (10:22 […]

5 August 1930 – Neil Armstrong is born

4 August 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

On 5th August 1930, Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the Moon, was born. Neil Alden Armstrong was born as the son of Stephen and Viola Armstrong, on a farm belonging to his […]

8 July 2011 – Last mission of space shuttle Atlantis began

8 July 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

On 8th July 2011, STS-135 – the final mission within the NASA Space Shuttle programme – was launched, with the space shuttle Atlantis making its final flight into space. The idea of the space shuttle […]

Bjarni Tryggvason – Iceland’s first and only astronaut

20 April 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

This month we were saddened to learn of the passing of Bjarni Tryggvason, the first and so far the only astronaut of Icelandic origin. Although relatively little have been heard about him, as well as […]

28 January 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

27 January 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

On 28th January 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA STS-51-L mission) broke apart, killing all crew aboard. STS-51-L was the 25th mission within the US Space Shuttle programme and, at the same time, had to […]

The race for ´space movie´

11 October 2021 Jacek Domański

On Tuesday, 5th October 2021, at 08:55:02 UTC, ´Soyuz-2.1a´ carrier rocket launched successfully with ´Soyuz MS-19´ spacecraft. Its crew consisted of three people – cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (´Soyuz MS-19´ crewed spacecraft commander and ISS-66 mission […]