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NASA’s Mars helicopter makes history with successful flight on Red Planet

Reuters News ServiceApril 19, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceApril 19, 20210133

NASA‘s miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful takeoff and landing on Mars early on Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft...

World

Mars rover Perseverance takes first spin on surface of red planet

Reuters News ServiceMarch 6, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 6, 20210277

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has taken its first, short drive on the surface of the red planet, two weeks after the robot science lab’s picture-perfect touchdown on...

Featured Opinion

Space’s Crowded Final Frontier (with video)

Jonathan Gorvett - CM CorrespondentFebruary 20, 2021February 19, 2021

By Jonathan Gorvett - CM CorrespondentFebruary 20, 2021February 19, 20210211

When Nasa’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars Thursday night, this astonishing success rightly grabbed attention across the globe. Yet, it is also worth remembering...

Cyprus Featured

Names of 9,000 Cyprus residents sent to Mars

Source: Cyprus News AgencyFebruary 19, 2021February 19, 2021

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyFebruary 19, 2021February 19, 202106400

By Athena Arsalidou Nine thousand Cypriots took the opportunity to participate in Nasa’s ‘Send Your Name to Mars’ campaign, which invited people around the world...

Cyprus Tech & Science

NASA Space Apps Challenge to be held virtually in Limassol

Bejay BrowneSeptember 22, 2020September 17, 2020

By Bejay BrowneSeptember 22, 2020September 17, 20200420

The prestigious NASA Space Apps Challenge will be held in Limassol again this year, albeit virtually due to coronavirus restrictions. The challenge will take place...

Cyprus

Nasa Space Apps competition back this weekend in Nicosia

Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 9, 2019October 9, 2019

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 9, 2019October 9, 20190262

The Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (Cseo) is launching this coming weekend, the Nasa Space Apps Challenge competition, following the numerous successes of Cypriot teams in...

Cyprus

Almost 7,000 people in Cyprus now signed on to send name to Mars

Staff ReporterJuly 23, 2019July 23, 2019

By Staff ReporterJuly 23, 2019July 23, 20190746

Almost 7,000 people in Cyprus have now signed up to have their names included on a microchip being sent to Mars, according to CNA. The...

Americas Main World

Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad where first humans lifted off for the moon

Reuters News ServiceJuly 17, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 17, 20190140

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned to the launch pad Tuesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where he flew to the moon 50...

Cyprus

Cyprus sends message to most distant celestial body

Source: Cyprus News AgencyDecember 30, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyDecember 30, 20180662

A message from the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) will be sent by the NASA New Horizons spacecraft as it flies – by the frozen...

World

Astronauts return safely to Earth from Space Station

Reuters News ServiceDecember 20, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 20, 2018092

Three members of the International Space Station’s crew returned safely to Earth on Thursday, landing in Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz craft, Nasa reported. It was the...

Cyprus

Cypriot names onboard spacecraft due to land on Mars today

Source: Cyprus News AgencyNovember 26, 2018November 26, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyNovember 26, 2018November 26, 20180198

By Annette Chrysostomou The names of 983 Cypriots on a microchip are onboard the Nasa spacecraft InSight, which is expected to land on Mars on...

Cyprus

Two 14-year-olds win exclusive Cyprus-NASA challenge

Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 23, 2018October 23, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 23, 2018October 23, 20180151

Two 14-year old pupils from Cyprus won first prize in a competition brought exclusively to Cyprus by NASA in the framework of the NASA SpaceApps...

Cyprus

NASA Space Apps Challenge begins in Nicosia

Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 20, 2018October 20, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 20, 2018October 20, 20180166

By Athena Arsalidou The local competition of the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018 began on Saturday in Nicosia in the presence of NASA Chief scientist James Green. During the...

Cyprus

Nicosia becomes permanent venue for Mars scientists

Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 19, 2018October 19, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 19, 2018October 19, 20180119

Top scientists from around the world who study the upper atmosphere of Mars have decided that Nicosia will become the permanent venue for the meetings...

Cyprus

Nasa chief scientist to mentor Cypriot teams at Space Apps Challenge

Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 15, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 15, 20180105

Cypriot teams participating in this year`s local Nasa Space Apps Challenge will have the unique opportunity to be mentored by Nasa`s Chief Scientist James Green. The competition is brought to Nicosia by the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (Cseo). In...

Cyprus Tech & Science

Top space scientists gather in Nicosia to discuss missions to Mars

Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 10, 2018October 10, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 10, 2018October 10, 2018083

Nicosia will host an International Space Summit with the participation of the world`s top scientists. The Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) is organising the event...

Cyprus

Names of almost 1,000 Cypriots included in microchips traveling to Mars

Source: Cyprus News AgencyAugust 9, 2018August 9, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyAugust 9, 2018August 9, 20180147

Names of 983 Cypriots are included in the microchips that are on their way to Mars aboard the NASA InSight mission. The InSight Mars lander...

Americas

Spacecraft for detecting ‘Marsquakes’ set for launch

Reuters News ServiceMay 4, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMay 4, 2018196

After decades exploring the surface of Mars, Nasa is set for the weekend launch of its first robotic lander dedicated to studying the red planet’s deep...

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Cassini spacecraft incinerated ending 13-year Saturn odyssey

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 15, 2017September 15, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 15, 2017September 15, 20171114

US space agency Nasa received the final signal from its Cassini spacecraft, which ended a groundbreaking 13-year Saturn mission on Friday with a meteor-like plunge into the...

Guest Columnist Opinion World

Innovators edging space dreams towards reality

Gwynne DyerSeptember 10, 2017September 9, 2017

By Gwynne DyerSeptember 10, 2017September 9, 20171126

Some other contender for the title of Curmudgeon of the Year may emerge before the end of December, but at the moment it looks like...