Collecting meteorites in Antarctica with ANSMET (image Linda Martel, ANSMET) It is an astonishing fact that of the nearly 42,000 officially recognised meteorites logged on the Meteoritical Society database just over 29,000 were collected in Antarctica. That means that close to 70% of the worlds classified meteorites come from the most remote and inhospitable place…
Neil Armstrong (left) and Eugene Cernan (right) giving evidence to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology (22nd September 2011). The hearing was held to examine the strategic goals and priorities of America’s human space exploration program. (image: House Committee). The launch of China’s first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, on 29th September was given wide…
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lands for the final time at the Kennedy Space Centre, 5.57am EDT on July 21, 2011 (image: NASA) Thirty years of Space Shuttle flights came to an end earlier this month with the safe landing of Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Centre on July 21. The event was widely covered in…
(Image: Estelle Greenwood) Would you like to own a little piece of the red planet? Well now you have the chance. New Scientist magazine are currently running a competition in which the star prize is a Martian meteorite. It goes by the not very spectacular name of NWA 2975. By now you are probably asking:…
Meteorites: The Blog from the Final Frontier 