The Art of Video Games at the Smithsonian (2012). Not every tour or museum exhibit has to be this on-brand for Ars to visit, but of course we were going to this one. Jonathan Gitlin Maybe Ars hasn’t been attending E3 (2008) quite as long as CES (2006), but we knew early on to visit […]
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In a first for humankind, China is growing plants on the moon
People’s Daily, China China is pretty intent on setting space records at the moment. Having recently become the first nation to successfully land a rover on the far side of the moon, the country’s state-run newspaper, the People’s Daily, announced that China has managed to grow plants there, too. In an impressive first in human history, […]
Chinese lunar rover sends back first-ever image from the far side of the moon
A Chinese lunar rover has reportedly made history by landing on the far side of the moon and transmitting back the first images to Earth, Chinese state media announced this week. According to China’s National Space Administration, the Chang’e 4 probe landed in the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin crater late Thursday evening, Beijing time. The probe […]
Europe’s space agency plans to build its own micro-gravity moon base — on Earth
Artist’s rendering of the Luna facility. Before astronauts step foot in a rocket ship, they undergo grueling training in simulated environments meant to prepare them for the unforgiving space beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Everything is tested and accounted for, from the crew down to their tiniest tools. Now, the European Space Agency (ESA) is developing an […]
Yusaku Maezawa: Why I've bought a ticket to the Moon
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Space X’s mission to the Moon will be the first lunar journey by humans since 1972. BBC News – Technology
Japanese billionaire faces tricky task of choosing 8 artists for his moon trip
He’s going to the moon (with eight artists): Yusaku Maezawa So, who do you think Yusaku Maezawa should take with him on his five-day round trip to the moon when he travels there aboard SpaceX’s Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) in 2023? SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday named the wealthy Japanese entrepreneur as its very […]
SpaceX to send Japanese billionaire on moon trip, but he won’t be going alone
[embedded content] SpaceX has named Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa as the first paying passenger for the company’s ambitious 2023 moon mission. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, himself a billionaire entrepreneur, named Maezawa at a special event at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Monday night. While the five-day round trip will involve a fly-by […]