In 2024, astronaut Victor Glover will be part of the first crew to travel to the Moon in more than 50 years. As the pilot, he will fly the spaceship, named Orion, around the Moon but Orion won’t land on the surface. “Our mission – Artemis II – is to make sure that the Orion spacecraft is safe for the more complicated missions,” Glover told The Week Junior Science+Nature. “It’s just one step on that really long journey that is eventually going to wind up with sending the first human on to Mars.” Glover must also make sure all systems are working properly. “If that toilet breaks, we’re going to have four unhappy people up there.”
Life in space
Glover is an experienced astronaut and, between 2020 and 2021, spent nearly six months living on the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS is a space base orbiting planet Earth. Lots of scientific experiments are performed there.
Life in space is strange. First of all, the small amount of gravity (the force that pulls things towards the ground) on the ISS compared to Earth means that people and heavy objects float about easily. This not because there is no gravity, but because the spacecraft, the crew, and everything on board is falling toward Earth. Since they all fall at the same speed, everything appears to be
To the Moon… and beyond
Denne historien er fra Issue 69-utgaven av The Week Junior Science+Nature UK.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra Issue 69-utgaven av The Week Junior Science+Nature UK.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
Is gaming good for you?
Gaming is great fun, but some worry it could be bad for young people's health.
What are wormholes?
Find out if space has secret passages that give shortcuts through the universe.
TITANS
The biggest dinosaurs grew to truly epic proportions. Peter Gallivan tells the super-sized tale of these giant reptiles and discovers why they grew so large.
Space toilets
Doing your business in space is not as easy as you might think.
A visitor from outer space
Scientists have spent years looking for alien life, but what if it found us first?
Gladys West
Meet the hidden figure behind the navigation system in your smartphone.
JUPITER KING OF PLANETS
Blast off with BBC Sky At Night's Ezzy Pearson as she takes you on a voyage to explore the largest planet in our solar system.
Would you eat insects to save the planet?
Some say you should be eating beetles for breakfast and locusts for lunch.
Why are people allergic to things?
Find out why your body is sensitive to some substances.
WHIZ KIDS
Claire Karwowski asks what makes people tick and if there is a secret to being smart.