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Space race timeline - Royal Museums Greenwich
The space race was a 20th Century struggle between two nation-states, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). The pursuit for both was the domination of space flight technologies. The competition began on 2 August 1955, when the Soviet Union responded to the US announcement of their similar intent to launch artificial satellites. The space race has its origins in the nuclear arms ...
The New Space Race | Power & Politics in 21st Century
What is the new space race? Space is now, more than ever, becoming an extension of the geography of Earth: humans are taking our nation states, our corporations, our history, politics and conflicts way up above us. The Cold War space race was all about getting up and out; now we’re claiming what’s there. And as more countries become spacefaring nations, history suggests there will be ...
Moon landing conspiracy theories, debunked - Royal Museums Greenwich
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Space and astronomy - Royal Museums Greenwich
The new space race: a high-stakes competition of politics and power Competition between the USA, China and Russia will have consequences for all of us here on Earth. But how is this 21st century space race different to the last one?
Why did we stop going to the Moon? - Royal Museums Greenwich
Space Race timeline Apollo 17 was the only Apollo mission not to carry any astronauts who had previously been test pilots. After the cancellation of Apollo 18, the Apollo mission that Schmitt had originally intended to go on, the scientific community lobbied that he be put onto Apollo 17.
Apollo 11 crew - Royal Museums Greenwich
Apollo 11 Moon landing The landing of Apollo 11 was not only the culmination of the Space Race, but of years worth of technical and scientific planning and design. The Apollo 9 and 10 missions also took place in 1969 and were integral to the success of the Moon landing.
Remembrance: A Call to Mind - Royal Museums Greenwich
Remembrance: A Call to Mind 1pm- 1.10pm | Outside the National Maritime Museum The commemorations will begin with a Reveille from Bugle Major, Sergeant Jake Pugsley. Keynote speaker Ally Musthan will give a short speech introducing the day and the events coming up. This will be followed by a one minute silence.
Poetry inspired by space and the Royal Observatory
Space – Royal Observatory Greenwich Poetry Book is a beautiful poetry anthology celebrating the 350th anniversary of Royal Observatory Greenwich. Numerous poets were inspired by the history and work of the Observatory to put pen to paper and muse on subjects as wide ranging as the light of stars, the craters of the Moon, ‘seagulls’ in space and the discovery of Halley’s comet. In ...
Could we live on Mars? Human exploration and the Red Planet
Right now, robots are criss-crossing the surface of Mars, providing us with a unique insight into one of our closest neighbours in the Solar System. It's an incredible feat of science and engineering - but it seems we aren't done yet. Could humans actually reach and live on Mars? Compared to the Moon, the challenges of setting foot on Mars are astronomical – and yet nations and companies ...
15 awe-inspiring space and astronomy discoveries | Royal Observatory
In 2019, astronomers combined data from the Kepler Space Telescope with new results from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, concluding that, on average, as many as one in six stars hosts an Earth-sized planet in its habitable zone. Potentially tens of billions of such worlds are strewn across the Milky Way.
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