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The UK made ExoMars rover has been named after British scientist Rosalind Franklin. The rover will be exploring the surface of Mars in 2021. The UK Space Agency said it named the rover after Franklin because of her ground-breaking work in DNA imaging and in the hope that seeing a female scientist honoured in this way would encourage young girls interested in getting into STEM fields.
A ship carrying submarines that will transport British scientists to the unexplored depths of the Indian Ocean is preparing to set sail from a German port, at the start of a three-year mission to unlock the secrets of one of the world's last great frontiers.
Here's a round-up of the best pictures if you missed the rare celestial event.
It could pave the way for producing food and oxygen there.
All in the name of science 💩
The Mars InSight Lander has successfully landed on the red planet after surviving the volatile final moments of descent. The spacecraft will spend two years on Mars collecting data and samples for scientists to better understand our planetary neighbour.
Not a bad first effort.
"We think you can come back but we’re not sure."
Stephen Hawking or the “grandmother of computing” Ada Lovelace are early favourites.
Those of us working in these fields must become the role models that we never had. The old adage that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’ might not be true for all of us, but it is true for many