If you are missing the #MoonJoy in your life, do come visit the #ScienceMuseum. We've got the Apollo 10 capsule (which clung onto the all-time crewed speed record by around 130mph) and a Moon rock amongst many other lunar delights. All free to visit too.
We hear from the teams here in the @esa.int's Eagle room that the European Service Module thrusters are working flawlessly. The reaction control thrusters are having a great performance and allowing for precise manoeuvres during the proximity operations.
Big smiles from Jenny and Dan last night as our Mission Operations team started successfully tracking 'Integrity' – the Artemis II Orion capsule! Our first data has been delivered to NASA and we're excited to provide lots more in the coming days. 🌖 🚀 📡
An early start ahead of #BBCBreakfast. NASA are reporting the Prox Ops Demo went well - this is where the crew put Orion through its paces, testing out rendezvous manoeuvres with the upper stage of SLS. And the toilet is fixed! www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
Artemis II Flight Update: Crew and Ground Teams Successfully Troubleshoot Orion’s Toilet - NASA
The Artemis II crew, working closely with mission control in Houston, were able to restore the Orion spacecraft’s toilet to normal operations following the
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Good: getting some external images from Orion. Bad: the crew is troubleshooting the toilet.
Morning! It's #ArtemisII launch day and the countdown is continuing towards a planned launch at 23.24BST (22.24UTC). Weather looks good but there is still lots to do. Watch out for the poll for tanking, at L-10h50m and then the progress of thr fuel filling after that. www.nasa.gov/general/nasa...
NASA Releases Artemis II Moon Mission Launch Countdown - NASA
Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on their Artemis II
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Looks like an #ArtemisII March launch is definitely off the cards now. Issacman confirmed on X rollback is going to happen spacenews.com/nasa-prepari...
NASA preparing for Artemis 2 rollback to fix upper stage problem
Just 24 hours after setting a March 6 launch date for the Artemis 2 mission, NASA announced Feb. 21 that a problem with the rocket will delay the launch.
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On Radio 4 now - tech billionaires on the Moon, making the brain less selfish and navigating our way from fish discos to spinal injury breakthroughs. Joined by the excellent @libbyjackson.com and @carolinesteel.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?
What would it really take to build a city on the moon?
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Just when we had a launch date. NASA now troubleshooting a helium issue and considering a roll back to the VAB. That would rule out any attempts in the March window. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
NASA Troubleshooting Artemis II Rocket Upper Stage Issue, Preparing to Roll Back - NASA
Editor’s note: NASA has updated an earlier version of this blog to provide additional details.
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Wishing the crewmember concerned the very best. It's good to see that they aren't using an emergency return scenario. spacenews.com/medical-issu...
Medical issue prompts early return of Crew-11 from ISS
NASA has decided to bring home early four members of the International Space Station crew because of a medical issue with one of them, a first for NASA.
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We've had a fabulous day at the @sciencemuseum.org.uk today, celebrating 10 years since Tim Peake launched at the start of his six month #Principia Misson on the International Space Station. It was so much fun I failed to take photos, so this will have to do for today.
The ministers responsible for space in ESA's Member States, Associate Members and Cooperating States at the Ministerial Council #CM25 in Bremen, Germany, November 2025.
Not only is today Budget day, but it's also the start of the two day ESA Council of Ministers. This event, which happens every 3 years, sees the 23 minsters from ESA Member States who are responsible for space meet, and armed with authorisations from their treasuries, decide on ESA's budgets.
Why space needs explaining, by my colleague @libbyjackson.com blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/why-space-ne...
Why Space Needs Explaining - Science Museum Blog
Rockets grab attention, but satellites keep Britain running. Libby Jackson, Head of Space, agrees with the conclusions of a new House of Lords report: understanding space is not a luxury — it’s critic...
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It’s been a busy couple of weeks at @sciencemuseum.org.uk as we’ve been putting the finishing touches to our wonderful new Space gallery. It opens on Saturday, and we’re celebrating with a weekend full of free space themed activities.
Where are all the birds?? It's very disconcerting how quiet everything is 😢
The @sciencemuseum.org.uk Autumn IMAX schedule is on sale and Out of This World... The best space film ever, Apollo 13, showing on the film's 30th anniversary (so excited!) And then 70mm Interstellar, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/a...
Apollo 13 (PG) | Science Museum
Join us for the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13, the gripping, true story of NASA’s most dramatic mission presented in breathtaking detail on one of the biggest screens in the UK.
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Waking up to news this morning, that the UK Space Agency is being absorbed by DSIT. I'm pleased to see the line that it will be "staffed by experts and retain the UK Space Agency name" BBC News - UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs
Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result
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The @sciencemuseum.org.uk Autumn IMAX schedule is on sale and Out of This World... The best space film ever, Apollo 13, showing on the film's 30th anniversary (so excited!) And then 70mm Interstellar, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/a...
Apollo 13 (PG) | Science Museum
Join us for the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13, the gripping, true story of NASA’s most dramatic mission presented in breathtaking detail on one of the biggest screens in the UK.
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Stephanie Shirley is perhaps one of the lesser known tech pioneers, but she shouldn't be. Back in the 60s she saw the potential for women in tech, setting up a company for them to code from home, going by the name Steve because it was a man's world. RIP Dame Shirley www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91
She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which almost exclusively hired women, and in later life donated almost £70m of her fortune.
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RIP Jim Lovell, photographed here in front of Apollo 10 on his visit to the Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk in 2013. You can read more about that visit here: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/apollo-13s-j...
The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · last yr.RIP Jim Lovell. One of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon in Apollo 8. Then he survived Apollo 13. . Prior, he flew on two Gemini missions (7 & 12). He was 97. ☝️He played himself in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and the captain of the USS Iwo Jima in Apollo 13 (1995).
Sad, sad news today. Another Apollo legend, Jim Lovell, joins the stars. Gemini 7 and 12, Apollo 8 and 13, each one full of iconic moments. BBC News - Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97
Commander of Apollo 13, who rescued his men from a near certain death in space, has died aged 97.
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White House to withdraw Isaacman nomination to lead NASA The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be administrator of NASA, throwing an agency already reeling from proposed massive budget cuts into further disarray.
White House to withdraw Isaacman nomination to lead NASA
The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be administrator of NASA, throwing an agency already reeling from proposed massive budget cuts into further disarray.
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Breaking News: President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, who was on track to be the next NASA administrator.
Trump to Withdraw Musk’s Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job
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BBC News - Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet. Exciting stuff, tantalising.. Looking forward to more data. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
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