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# space-exploration - Saturday 7 September, 2019
India's space agency says it lost contact with spacecraft minutes before planned moon landing
The country aimed to be the first to land in the Southern Polar region.
# space-exploration - Saturday 20 October, 2018
Mission to discover the mysteries of Mercury blasts off
The BepiColombo blasted off from French Guiana earlier today.
# space-exploration - Monday 25 September, 2017
There's a European plan to have 100 people living on the Moon by 2040
The European Space Agency says it needs political backing.
# space-exploration - Friday 10 March, 2017
A Trinity professor will play a big role in space exploration
Professor Peter Gallagher has been appointed as an adviser to the Director of Science at the European Space Agency.
# space-exploration - Saturday 18 February, 2017
Last-minute glitch forces SpaceX rocket to cancel launch with 13 seconds left on countdown
The earliest a relaunch can be attempted is tomorrow morning.
# space-exploration - Monday 14 March, 2016
WATCH: Spacecraft blasts off in new mission to search for life on Mars
The key goal is to analyse methane, a gas which is created in large by living microbes.
# space-exploration - Tuesday 21 July, 2015
Tiny steel part blamed for rocket explosion that caused $110 million damage
Back to the drawing board for Elon Musk’s company.
# space-exploration - Sunday 28 June, 2015
What's under the icy seas of Europa? NASA plans to find out
The hope is that a new prototype will be able to explore distant planets with potential habitable oceans.
# space-exploration - Saturday 27 June, 2015
If we're going to Mars, where are we going to land, live and work on the red planet?
NASA said it’s aiming to send people to Mars in 2030.
# space-exploration - Friday 5 June, 2015
This space suit isn't from a new sci-fi movie. NASA astronauts might wear this to Mars
For the first time since 1982, NASA is in the process of testing new space suit prototypes.
# space-exploration - Friday 20 March, 2015
Poll: Do you think the Mars One project will succeed?
Bas Lansdorp denied the project is a sham.
# space-exploration - Wednesday 28 January, 2015
These 7 days are historically the deadliest in NASA history
On this day in 1986, the shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after launch.
# space-exploration - Tuesday 20 January, 2015
Beaming the internet down from space looks like Google's next project
Reports say Google are planning a big investment in SpaceX.
# space-exploration - Saturday 17 January, 2015
Did you know that the US left poo on the moon?
They did. And it was for a good reason.
# space-exploration - Friday 14 November, 2014
'Get your ass to Mars': Buzz Aldrin wants humans to permanently occupy Mars
The second man to land on the Moon said those that travel to Mars shouldn’t envisage that they will ever return to Earth.
# space-exploration - Wednesday 12 November, 2014
The Rosetta probe comet landing cost us... €3.50 each
Hmm, that’s OK then.
# space-exploration - Tuesday 11 November, 2014
Space exploration has a new major player in town...Google
The giant web company is spending nearly €1 billion on a San Francisco air base.
# space-exploration - Saturday 25 October, 2014
# space-exploration - Friday 19 September, 2014
'It's not like Star Trek': This is a big weekend for NASA's plans to land a human on Mars
The MAVEN spacecraft, a scout for human explorers, is approaching the red planet
# space-exploration - Friday 11 July, 2014
The most spectacular piece of rubbish you're likely to see
Space junk from a Russian rocket lit up the Australian sky.
# space-exploration - Thursday 10 July, 2014
SpaceX are to launch a solar powered ship that will sail up into orbit
A few weeks into orbit, the LightSail’s wings will expand, making it visible from Earth.
# space-exploration - Thursday 10 April, 2014
Column: Look up! The Red Planet is continuing to shine brightly in the night sky
With Mars currently in opposition, and shining with an orange tinge, Conor Farrell explores our fascination with the Red Planet.
# space-exploration - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
US:Russia tensions now affecting space exploration, as NASA cuts Moscow contacts
The US space agency has cut all contacts with Russia, except for cooperation on board the International Space Station.
# space-exploration - Monday 10 March, 2014
An 'extremely bright' fireball was spotted over Ireland
If you did, you weren’t alone.
# space-exploration - Thursday 27 February, 2014
NASA finds 'bonanza' of 715 new planets, but how many could support life?
About four in fact.
# space-exploration - Wednesday 12 February, 2014
China's Jade Rabbit dies on moon's surface
The rover experienced a mechanical control abnormality at the end of last month and has been unable to function since then.
# space-exploration - Sunday 2 February, 2014
So, what are the chances we'll see an Irishman (or anybody) head to Mars?
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, as the famous song goes*. But how about the other direction?
# space-exploration - Saturday 25 January, 2014
Is there life on Mars? Ten years on the Opportunity rover is still looking
The rover was only supposed to run for 90 days, but 10 years a 40 Martian kilometers later, it shows no signs of stopping.
# space-exploration - Thursday 9 January, 2014
Meet the Irish man who's been shortlisted to go to Mars and never come back
Dr Joseph Roche, from Kildare, is one of 1,000 people shortlisted for the Mars One colony mission.
# space-exploration - Tuesday 19 November, 2013
European space mission to explore strange changes in Earth’s magnetism
The European Space Agency is preparing to launch three hi-tech satellites this Friday.
# space-exploration - Monday 4 November, 2013
India to launch first Mars mission tomorrow
The country is aiming to become the only Asian nation to reach the Red Planet.
# space-exploration - Friday 13 September, 2013
Best 3D map of the centre of the Milky Way, ever...
Two groups of astronomers have used data from ESO telescopes to make the best three-dimensional map yet of the centre of our galaxy. Turns out it’s shaped a bit like a peanut…
# space-exploration - Tuesday 16 July, 2013
NASA aborts spacewalk after helmet leak
The dangerous water leak occurred in the helmet of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano about an hour into the spacewalk.
# space-exploration - Monday 3 June, 2013
Ayers Rock, the Andes and the Bahamas - as seen from space
Maybe we won’t miss Chris Hadfield that much? These spectacular images were taken by his replacement Fyodor Yurchikhin during his last mission on the ISS.
# space-exploration - Thursday 16 May, 2013
NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft is broken - but they're determined to fix it
The planet-hunting telescope is 40 million miles from Earth and searches for Earth-like planets outside our solar system.
# space-exploration - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Stephen Hawking: We must explore space to ensure human survival
The world’s leading physicist says our existence depends on finding a new planet to live on. No pressure, then.
# space-exploration - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Life on Mars: it was possible
Nasa Curiosity Rover, which is living on the Red Planet, has taken samples of rock for analysis by scientists back home.
# space-exploration - Saturday 15 December, 2012
Column: Why it’s important to look at the stars – literally
It’s good to be curious about a world outside our own, because being inquisitive in the past has gotten us where we are today, writes Conor Farrell.
# space-exploration - Monday 5 November, 2012
Cheese! Mars Curiosity rover sends back its first high-resolution self-portrait
Curiosity has used its ‘hand lens imager’ to take 55 photos of itself – and stitch them into one single giant image.
# space-exploration - Saturday 1 September, 2012
Column: Have we lost the ambition that put a man on the moon?
These are financially difficult times – but that doesn’t mean we should abandon the big projects that advance human knowledge, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Poll: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already nswered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but not for a long time.
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
So today we’re asking you: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
Poll Results:
Yes (1990)
No (1246)
I'm not sure (166)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Lise Hand: Will they? Won't they? Shades of Love Island as big parties can't avoid recoupling talk
By Lise Hand - @liseinthecity
Opinion: Young people don't vote? You may be right, but we might surprise you
By Adam Hallissey and Ben Quigley - @progressbrief
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