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The week in TV: Alice & Jack; The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth; The New Look; Bring the Drama – review
Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson convince as a perma-turbulent couple; a devastating docuseries pays homage to the doomed Columbia space shuttle crew. Plus, ill-fitting wartime drama with ...
The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth review – the finest possible tribute to the astronauts who lost their lives
This moving, thorough analysis of what went wrong when seven Nasa crew members died 20 years ago doesn’t waste a moment. It’s a full, fitting memorial that’s not a minute too long The thr...
Ken Mattingly obituary
Astronaut who orbited the moon on Apollo 16 and was instrumental in saving the stricken Apollo 13 The astronaut Ken Mattingly, who has died aged 87, was probably more famous for his role in the ...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/16/ken-mattingly-obituary
Amazon launches first two prototype satellites into space – video
Amazon launched its first two prototype satellites into space on Friday, as Jeff Bezos's tech firm races to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX in building a mega-constellation of broadband internet-...
A Million Miles Away review – charming space biopic tells an inspiring story
The Amazon drama, about migrant worker turned astronaut José Hernández, is part rousing success story and part Nasa PR A young boy, the son of migrant farmers from Mexico, watches the Apollo ...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/15/a-million-miles-away-review-amazon-biopic
The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush review – spaceflight pioneer portraits
From sexist objections to the challenges faced by female crew on Earth and in space, this is a vital record of a giant leap for women In 1973, four years after Neil Armstrong’s space boot hit...
Debris from Challenger shuttle disaster found off Florida coast
Dive team discovered space vehicle ‘artifact’ from 1986 explosion that killed all seven astronauts onboard, including civilian teacher Nasa has confirmed the recovery of debris from the Cha...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/10/space-shuttle-challenger-debris-found-florida-coast
Mind that satellite! The mission to clean up dangerous space junk
As soon as we left the planet, we began leaving rubbish in orbit. Now it is putting space stations and astronauts at risk. What can be done about the millions of pieces of debris? In November l...
International Space Station will plummet to a watery grave in 2031
Nasa confirmed the ISS will plunge into the Pacific ocean to join other decommissioned space stations, satellites and space debris The International Space Station (ISS) will continue its operat...
Nasa’s Webb telescope is a joy. But it’s the private ventures that push at limits | Martin Rees
Spacefaring adventurers, living and experimenting with new technology, could potentially spawn a post-human era After years of delay, and massive cost over-runs, the James Webb space telescope (...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch site threatens wildlife, Texas environmental groups say
The site in Boca Chica, south Texas is surrounded by protected lands that host a huge range of local wildlife including turtles and hundreds of bird species Everything seemed normal as SpaceX�...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/05/texas-spacex-elon-musk-environment-wildlife
The tech billionaire space race: who is Jeff Bezos up against?
As Amazon founder prepares to jet off in his Blue Origin vessel, can he compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX? Jeff Bezos to go into space on first crewed flight of New Shepard rocket Every billio...
Revive the US space program? How about not | Nicholas Russell
Space exploration is an incredibly expensive and unnecessary way to ignore the many problems here on earth It’s been a half century since Gil Scott-Heron recorded the spoken-word poem Whitey o...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/09/us-space-program-nasa-earth-problems
US space shuttle Challenger explodes after take-off – archive, 29 January 1986
29 JANUARY 1986: Millions watch as NASA’s space shuttle Challenger explodes in the skies above Cape Canaveral, Florida, moments after launch Washington The future of America’s ambitious spa...
Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon returns safely
Unmanned Chang’e-5 probe returns to Earth after first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon returned safely to ...
Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission – in pictures
SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on the first full-fledged taxi flight for Nasa by a private company. Three Americans and one Japanese astronaut on the Drago...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/nov/17/nasas-spacex-crew-1-mission-in-pictures
Reach for the Stars review – high-flying heroines take children to infinity and beyond
Available online The Little Angel theatre’s inspirational show uses dance, rap and puppets to tell real and fictional tales about trailblazing female astronauts Before she became the first wo...
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/nov/16/reach-for-the-stars-review-little-angel
The Challenger disaster: we can't say we weren't warned about American hubris | Emma Brockes
Netflix’s documentary about the 1986 space shuttle tragedy is a timely meditation on the perils of exceptionalism In the first episode of Challenger , a new documentary series on Netflix tha...
'The moment the dream died': inside a Netflix series on the Challenger disaster
Challenger: The Final Flight, a four-part docuseries produced by JJ Abrams, retells an infamous tragedy from those who were there The fourth and final episode of Netflix’s Challenger: The Fin...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/sep/16/challenger-netflix-docuseries-jj-abrams
No TV, no sat nav, no internet: how to fix space's junk problem – video
As Elon Musk's Starlink and Jeff Bezos's Project Kuiper race to create high-speed internet using satellites orbiting Earth, there's a small problem that could get in the way: debris. From dead sp...