The only woman in the Russian cosmonaut team has had a special edition Barbie doll produced in her likeness to honour the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person to travel to space. The new doll is based on Anna Kikina, 36, the only woman in the Roscosmos…
Japanese monks are planning to send a Buddhist temple into space that will orbit the Earth every 90 minutes. Daigoji Temple, founded in 874 and named after Japan's 60th emperor Daigo who was buried there, has a profound meaning for Japanese culture and is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage…
A Japanese company which specialises in masturbation aids has taken “one giant leap” to make the first-ever sex toy for use in outer space. The company Tenga, which is a sexual wellness company based in Japan, announced its ‘Tenga Rocket Project’ in cooperation with Japanese space development startup Interstellar Technologies…
Elon Musk has agreed to send disabled athlete Philippe Croizon - the first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel - into space after he plucked up the courage to ask the SpaceX billionaire. French athlete and adventurer Croizon, 52, asked the Tesla and SpaceX CEO if he would…
A campaign has been started to have the word najmonauts added to the English dictionary to describe Arabic Astronauts. The Arab word ‘najm’ translates to star and the Greek word ‘naut’ means sailor. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched a mission to Mars in July while Hazza Al Mansoori became…
