In February, Artemis II is scheduled to fly around the Moon, marking the first time in 54 years that a crewed spacecraft travels to lunar distance. Once again, the Þingeyjarsýslur region plays a key role in preparing the mission. Artemis II also marks a historic milestone in spaceflight, as …
Í febrúar er áætlað að Artemis 2 fljúgi umhverfis tunglið og verður það í fyrsta sinn í 54 ár sem mannað geimfar flýgur til tunglsins. Auðvitað leika Þingeyjarsýslur stórt hlutverk í undirbúningi leiðangursins. Artemis 2 markar einnig ánægjuleg tímamót í sögu geimferða, en Christina Koch verður nú fyrsta konan …
Denver news reporter and aviatrix Amelia Rose Earhart will host a live online screening of the documentary Cosmic Birth this Saturday at 8.30 PM Mountain Time. Earhart, who is a board member of the Exploration Museum in Húsavík, made headlines around the world in 2014 when she completed her …
A new Icelandic documentary about the Apollo lunar missions will premiere on July 20 this year, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the alien world. The film, named Cosmic birth, is co-produced by the Húsavík Exploration Museum and will look at the human side of …
Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, who in 1972 became the youngest man to walk on the Moon, broke ground for a new wing of the Exploration Museum today. Charlie Duke spent 3 days on the Moon, performing scientific experiments, as well as roaming over the lunar surface on the …
In the summer of 1967, a group of American astronauts visited Iceland to study the islands’ geology under the guidance of Icelandic and American geologists. This was the second group of astronauts to visit Iceland, the first group had been there two years earlier. One of the young men …
