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French astronaut Sophie Adenot: 'Space is everywhere in our lives'

The European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled its new class of career astronauts on Wednesday, selecting France's Sophie Adenot and four other candidates from a list of more than 22,500 applicants. A helicopter pilot in the French army, Adenot becomes France's second woman astronaut after Claudie Haigneré. She spoke to FRANCE…

France 24

'Phenomenal progress' hailed as Scottish spaceport construction 'ahead of schedule'

CONSTRUCTION of the site where the UK’s first vertical rocket will launch from next year is ahead of schedule, officials have said.

The National (Scotland)

King of rockets, NASA’s SLS could soon be usurped by SpaceX’s Starship

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA’s Space Launch System roared off the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center and into the record books, for now.

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Horoscopes today - Russell Grant's star sign forecast for Thursday, November 24

While one sign is determined to get answers, another feels emotionally drained after supporting a needy friend. These are the Thursday horoscopes.

Irish Mirror

Never-before-seen details of distant planet spotted on NASA James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists have hailed "game-changing" new findings about a far-off exoplanet collected by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope which could help us understand more about other solar systems

Daily Mirror

James Webb Space Telescope detects molecules transformed by sunlight in exoplanet's atmosphere

Astronomers detect molecules transformed by sunlight in the atmosphere of an alien planet outside our Solar System for the first time.

ABC News

Webb Telescope makes a stunning observation of the atmosphere of a hellish planet

WASP-39b could be key to finding much calmer, more habitable worlds.

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European Space Agency names new astronauts, adopts record budget

The European Space Agency has named five new career astronauts – two women and three men – while member states agreed to boost the agency's budget by 17 percent in order to keep up with competition from the United States and China.

Radio France Internationale

NASA stumbles upon mysterious rocks hiding in ancient Martian lake

NASA's latest rover to Mars got a close look at rocks that came into contact with water within an ancient crater.

Inverse

NASA Perseverance rover's Mars landing site may have been too harsh for ancient life

Water and brine left behind some key ingredients for life, but the environment they created may not have been very hospitable.

Inverse

New space observatory helps solve mystery involving enormous black holes

Most galaxies are built around humongous black holes. While many of these are comparatively docile, like the one at our Milky Way's center, some are fierce - guzzling surrounding material and unleashing huge and blazingly bright jets of high-energy particles far into space.

Reuters

Space diversity: Europe's space agency gets 1st parastronaut

The European Space Agency has made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts

The Independent UK

Europe Names World’s First Disabled Astronaut

The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever "parastronaut" in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space. The 22-nation agency said it had appointed British Paralympic sprinter John McFall to take part in a feasibility study during astronaut training to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New British astronaut announced by European Space Agency

Rosemary Coogan will begin her journey of training with ESA before being assigned a mission

Manchester Evening News

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Artemis: why it may be the last mission for Nasa astronauts

Neil Armstrong took his historic “one small step” on the Moon in 1969. And just three years later, the last Apollo astronauts left our celestial neighbour. Since then, hundreds of astronauts have been launched into space but mainly to the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. None has, in fact, ventured more…

Daily Record

Dunblane recruiter admits working for NASA 'out of this world' as new mission begins

The former Dunblane High student worked for two years at Mission Control in Texas, overseeing $6billion worth of programmes.

The Guardian - UK

Paralympic athlete from UK in latest intake of ESA astronauts

John McFall, 41, becomes first astronaut with physical disability to be recruited by European space agency

The Independent UK

British paralympian on course to be Europe’s first disabled astronaut

Bronze medallist sprinter picked to join European Space Agency’s training corps

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Europe names world's first disabled astronaut

The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever "parastronaut" in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space.

Daily Mirror

Cornwall's Spaceport leaves 'already struggling' locals divided over benefits

The first space mission from the site in Newquay, Cornwall is expected to be conducted by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company in the coming weeks

Inverse

Astronomers find a pristine meteorite from the dawn of the Solar System

Most meteorites are missing flight data. Not so with the Winchcombe meteorite, whose fireball awed hundreds of people in 2021 and revealed its ancient past.

Reuters

Europe flags space ambitions with spending hike and new astronauts

European nations agreed on Wednesday to boost spending on space by 17% to stay on the heels of United States and China in two days of intense bargaining overshadowed by rising energy prices.

France 24

France's Sophie Adenot among five new astronauts named by European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled its new class of career astronauts on Wednesday, selecting French helicopter pilot Sophie Adenot and four other candidates from a list of more than 22,500 applicants. ESA also selected British Paralympic sprinter John McFall, who will be the first disabled person to train as…

Daily Mirror

Horoscopes today - Russell Grant's star sign forecast for Wednesday, November 23

While one sign has a serious talk with friends after a disagreement, another makes a big mistake after accepting advice from the wrong person. These are the Wednesday horoscopes.

Reuters

Europe ministers tackle sharp increase in space funding

European ministers haggled on Tuesday over a proposed 25% boost in space funding over the next three years designed to maintain Europe's lead in Earth observation, expand navigation services and remain a partner in exploration with the United States.

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