Peggy Whitson’s first space mission took place in 2002 aboard the International Space Station’s Expedition 5 as a flight...
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Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space
Caitlin MacArthur, valentina tereshkova, Women in Space, world space week, 0In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space when she launched aboard the Soviet space program’s Vostok...
Introduction to Astrobotany
Caitlin MacArthur, astrobotany, botany, growing plants in space, iss, jaxa, kibo, plant biology, plants in space, seeds in space, seeds in space 2021, 0Can we really grow potatoes on Mars like astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) does in "The Martian"?
ISS: The Inhabited Artificial Satellite
Caitlin MacArthur, international space station, iss, satellitesimprovelife, scott kelly, world space week, wsw2020, 0The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest artificial satellite in Earth’s orbit (and in space that we know...
SolO: Studying the Heliosphere
Caitlin MacArthur, esa, satellitesimprovelife, solar orbiter, sun, world space week, wsw2020, 0The Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a satellite that was launched in February 2020 by the European Space Agency. It...
BepiColombo en route to Mercury
Caitlin MacArthur, bepicolombo, esa, jaxa, mercury, satellites, satellitesimprovelife, world space week, wsw2020, 0BepiColombo is a two-satellite cooperation between the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on a...
NOAA: Earth and Space Weather
Caitlin MacArthur, arctic wildfires 2019, dscvr, hurricane katrina, NOAA, NOAA satellites, satellitesimprovelife, solar storms, space weather, world space week, wsw2020, 0The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites are involved in monitoring the global (and space) climate to provide...
The Hubble Space Telescope
Caitlin MacArthur, hubble deep field, hubble space telescope, james webb space telescope, satellitesimprovelife, world space week, 0Happy World Space Week! Today we talk about the Hubble telescope. 4-10 October every year we celebrate space. In...
Sputnik 1 and the Space Age
Caitlin MacArthur, satellites, satellitesimprovelife, space race, sputnik1, world space week, 0Happy World Space Week 2020. Today's post is about mankind's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1.
The Moon: Earth’s Natural Satellite
Caitlin MacArthur, Moon, nasaartermis, satellites, satellitesimprovelife, world space week, 0Happy World Space Week 2020. This year's theme is about satellites. Our first stop, the Moon.