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Derry breaks world record while raising funds for Foyle Hospice

Derry has broken the world record for the number of people dressed as astronauts in one place. Derry Youtube star, Adam B, and Derry's Nerve Centre, called for volunteers to help them break the Guinness World Record, on Saturday (April 23), at ...

26 Apr 2022 at 20:33

World

US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensions

US astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries. Nasa insists Vande ...

14 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Derry News

Adam B looking for volunteers to help him break a Guinness World Record this Saturday

Derry Youtube star, Adam B, and Nerve Centre’s, Our Place in Space Project, are looking for volunteers to help him break a Guinness World Record, this Saturday April 23, at Derry's Bay Road Park. Get your space suits at the ready as the ...

21 Apr 2022 at 19:33

Nasa astronaut receives honorary doctorate from old university

The atmosphere was out of this world as a Nasa astronaut returned to her old university to receive an honorary doctorate. US Army Colonel Anne McClain – helicopter test pilot, US national team rugby player and former resident of the ...

04 Aug 2023 at 10:40

World

Soyuz capsule carrying three crew from space station lands safely in Kazakhstan

A Russian space capsule carrying two women and one man has safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan after their missions aboard the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-24 carrying Russia’s Oleg Novitsky, Nasa’s Loral O’Hara ...

06 Apr 2024 at 10:05

Tim Peake stepping down from role as European astronaut

British astronaut Major Tim Peake is retiring from his role as a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut. Maj Peake will take on the role of an ambassador for the agency, with the aim of helping young people to pursue careers in ...

20 Jan 2023 at 12:28

World

American and two Russians return to Earth after a year in space

A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth after being in space for just over a year. American Frank Rubio set a record for the longest US spaceflight as a result of the extended stay. The trio landed ...

27 Sept 2023 at 15:15

Disabled astronaut’s prosthetic leg tested amid poison fears for space station

The world’s first disabled astronaut is having his prosthetic leg tested amid fears it could be poisonous for the air inside a space station. Former British Paralympian John McFall will have tests carried out on the leg by ...

25 Nov 2023 at 10:12

Tim Peake: Possibility of all-UK space mission a ‘very exciting development’

British astronaut Tim Peake has hailed the possibility of an all-UK mission to space as a “very exciting development” and “something we should really celebrate”. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has signed an agreement with ...

25 Oct 2023 at 14:08

Life

Astronaut Tim Peake: Going to space changes you forever

Even though Tim Peake is filled with “awe” every time he arrives at a space station, the first thing he needs to do is go to the toilet. “There’s that juxtaposition, because on the one hand, you’re filled with a ...

23 Oct 2023 at 08:30

World

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space

China’s Shenzhou-17 spacecraft has returned to Earth, carrying three astronauts who have completed a six-month mission aboard the country’s orbiting space station. The three, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and ...

30 Apr 2024 at 15:45

Astronaut Rosemary Coogan on overcoming the temptation to ‘swim’ in microgravity

Not many people encounter weightlessness in their day jobs, but for Rosemary Coogan, the UK’s newest astronaut, it was an “extremely exciting” experience where she had to overcome the temptation to “swim” ...

25 Apr 2024 at 16:45

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