Peter Shatwell sifts the fact and the fiction in support of the EmDrive – a proposed space propulsion system that appears to contradict a fundamental law of physics
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Bacteria in space
Faiza Peeran on why the citizen scientists of America collected bacteria to send into space
Image of the day: Apollo 14 moon landing
44 years ago today, Apollo 14 landed on the moon. See more here. Image: NASA
Deep sea mystery
Charting the small amount that’s known about the depths of the ocean …
Croutons – Fail better
Patrick Kennedy on failure, space exploration, and reality television …
NASA’s exploration programme
As the upper atmosphere gets privatised, NASA aims for the further reaches of the solar system …
Mission to Mars
Detailing the logistics of a possible mission to the red planet at this Imperial Festival 2014 talk …