Religion shapes science and technology, and is shaped by them in return. It has become fashionable to assume that religion and science simply are opposed, and that science has been winning the battle over the past century. But much historical evidence indicates that religion of a certain kind was instrumental in the rise of science […]
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YESTERDAY, on September 28, 2008, the People’s Republic of China performed their FIRST EVER SPACEWALK aboard the Shenzhou 7 mission.
China became the third country to spacewalk and perform EVAs.
The spacewalk was performed by Zhai Zhigang in his Chinese-designed Feitian spacesuit and also by Liu Boming in his Orlan-M spacesuit. The third crewmember, Jing Haipeng, […]
This coming on the heels of the recent ESA Astronaut Open Call announcement.
Learn how to become an astronaut and avoid the cost of paying to get to space in the future.
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This may be of interest to our European readers.
ESA has today opened applications for talented individuals wishing to become an astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps. There has not been a selection campaign since 1992, so this is a rare opportunity to be at the forefront of ESA’s human spaceflight programmes including future missions to […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the GSI accelerator facility to assess radiation risks that astronauts will be exposed to on a Mars mission. GSI was selected because its accelerator is the only one in Europe able to create ion beams similar to those found in space. To determine possible health risks of manned […]
