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Astronomer Royal

since 2025 › Jul › 29 (Tue) @ 23:47 UTC

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13 days ago

As Artemis 2 prepares to blast off to the moon tonight, this is what it means for Nasa's hopes of beating the cavalier Chinese to the lunar surface... and then Mars beyond, writes former Astronomer Royal MARTIN REES ⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 01 (Wed) @ 01:42 UTC

The 1969 landing took place just 12 years after the Soviet satellite Sputnik I became the first craft launched into low earth orbit.

8 months ago

found 2025 › Jul › 29 (Tue) @ 23:30 UTC

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Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

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