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11 Feb 2014 | 10:36 BST

Buzz Aldrin: Space policy, cooperative efforts to Mars and the need to inspire future generations

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Books, Expeditions, Featured, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Space, STEM, Uncategorized

A global space ambassador.
Courtesy of the Buzz Aldrin Archive

Buzz Aldrin is a retired US Air Force pilot, a former American astronaut and the second person to walk on the Moon, on July 21, 1969. He was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history.  Read more

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18 Apr 2012 | 09:00 BST

Exomars and the History of Mars Exploration – Can Russia Help?

Posted by Soapbox Science Editor | Categories: Expeditions

Exomars and the History of Mars Exploration - Can Russia Help?

Last month, President Obama revealed NASA’s budget for 2013. At $17.7 million the agency is taking a hit, but the biggest loser is the agency’s Mars program which has been allocated $318 million less than last year. This funding cut has forced NASA out of ExoMars, the joint mission with the European Space Agency (ESA) designed to culminate with a sample return mission. Without NASA, ESA is left in pieces; the US agency was responsible for the launch vehicles and interplanetary spacecraft, not to mention substantial funding. Now, ESA is hoping the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos will take NASA’s place. This partnership could be without payoff since neither country has had great luck with Mars. Particularly Russia, whose missions have been thwarted by the mythical galactic ghoul.  Read more

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