World news about “Space exploration” published by euronews.
Jupiter, Venus and Mercury prepare for ‘Dance of the Planets’There is to be a rare celestial choreography in the night sky from May 24 until the end of the month involving three of Earth’s neighbours in the Solar… 22/05/2013
Astronaut performs ‘Space Oddity’ on ISS – nocomment A music video shot aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has gone viral, turning an astronaut into an overnight music sensation with his zero-gravity… 13/05/2013
ISS musical farewell The crew of the International Space Station (the ISS), led by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has handed over their command to the incoming crew led by… 13/05/2013
Change of command at International Space Station Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has handed over control of the International Space Station. He is heading back to Earth after completing a five-month visit… 13/05/2013
More than 78,000 people ready to colonize MarsJust two weeks after applications opened, tens of thousands of people have declared themselves ready to be astronauts, in a rather ambitious project to… 09/05/2013
Space debris problem piles up Humans’ exploration of outer space has created thousands of fragments of rubbish, known as space debris. Around two thirds of catalogued objects originate… 24/04/2013
Two planets that could possibly support life discovered Two planets that may be able to support some sort of life have been discovered using NASA’s Kepler space telescope. Called Kepler 62e and 62f, the two… 19/04/2013
Building with moon dust Walking on the moon remains a potent ambition for many people who want to explore the its mineral resources, observe the Earth, monitor weather conditions and… 18/04/2013
NASA unveils plan to catch asteroid as step to Mars flightPresident Barack Obama wants NASA to start work on finding a small asteroid that could be shifted into an orbit near the moon and used by astronauts as a… 11/04/2013
Hubble telescope spots most distant supernova yetNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the farthest supernova yet found. Supernova UDS10Wil, nicknamed SN Wilson after American President Woodrow… 08/04/2013
Space: Planck maps the dawn of time Scientists have traced a unique new map of the first light of the universe, and raised profound questions about the Big Bang. The image of the cosmic… 21/03/2013
Full moon picture seen from spaceThe moon is pictured above Earth in this handout, photo courtesy of Colonel Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency. REUTERS/CSA/Col. Chris… 19/03/2013
Meet Apophis, the asteroid coming to a planet near youThe last potential ‘End of the World’, on December 21, 2012, may have proven something of a non-event but doomsday fans are already looking forward to… 09/01/2013
How much space do we need? Alex Taylor: While some Europeans are drowning in an economic nightmare, others – to paraphrase Oscar Wilde – are looking at the stars. In Europe we have… 14/11/2012
Endeavour heads to retirement – nocomment It was the last trip for space shuttle Endeavour after 25 missions in nine years. Cheered on by enthusiastic crowds, the shuttle made its final ground… 14/10/2012
Final procession for EndeavourSpace shuttle Endeavour makes its way from Westchester square to Randy’s Donuts during its final ground journey through Los Angeles, California. Endeavour… 13/10/2012
SpaceX Dragon capsule launched from Cape CanaveralThe SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Sunday from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral. REUTERS / Michael Brown 09/10/2012
Astrobiology tries to unravel the origins of life Where does life come from? Are we really just stardust? And is there life elsewhere than on this planet? A new form of science poses all these… 25/09/2012
Endeavour goes to hollywoodThe SCA, a modified 747 jetliner is flying the space shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science… 20/09/2012
Curiosity deploys hi-tech arm for the first timeThis full-resolution image from NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars shows the turret of tools at the end of the rover’s extended robotic arm. (Pic taken August… 22/08/2012
Curiosity’s view of Mount Sharp on MarsAn image taken by NASA’s Mars science rover Curiosity shows its main target, Mount Sharp. The Curiosity team hopes to drive the rover to the mountain to… 07/08/2012
Curiosity touches down on Mars – nocomment The Mars rover Curiosity successfully touched down on the Red Planet. Its mission is to look for evidence that Mars may have once supported life. 06/08/2012
First American woman in space Sally Ride dies at 61Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died from pancreatic cancer. She was 61. REUTERS/NASA/Handou 24/07/2012
Boldly going where no private company has gone before In May 25, 2012 the first commercial spacecraft berthed with the International Space Station. A private company achieved something only national agencies… 28/06/2012
Unveiling Venus It can be called the morning or evening star, depending on where you are or what time it is, but it is anything but a star; in fact it is one of our nearest… 24/05/2012
The mysteries of Mercury Mercury has always been something of a puzzle for planetary scientists. Its close position to the Sun means it is very difficult to observe, but now a series… 21/03/2012
20,000 light years from the SunA few years ago V838 Monocerotis was seen experiencing a major eruption, making it one of the brightest stars in the Milky Way. This photo taken from the… 04/12/2011
Mars 500, simulated mission accomplished After 520 days of total isolation in a mock spaceship, the Mars 500 crew were reunited with their loved ones in the outside world. In this edition of Space… 17/11/2011
China launches module for future space station – nocomment China has launched an experimental module into space as part of its future plans for a manned station. 29/09/2011
French Guiana: satellites launched – nocomment An Ariane 5 rocket and its payload of two telecommunications satellites were launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday. 23/09/2011
Close Encounters with Asteroids NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has entered orbit around the asteroid Vesta: and the first set of images from the mission have been published. Mark Raymond, the… 05/08/2011
Space shuttle Atlantis makes final landing – nocomment Space shuttle Atlantis has touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre, bringing the curtain down on NASA’s 30-year space shuttle project. 21/07/2011
New Russian space telescope goes into orbit A new ultra-powerful Russian space telescope has been launched into orbit by a rocket that blasted off from Kazakhstan on the 18th of July. The 3.8 tonne… 21/07/2011
Scientists find black holes in early universe Scientists have discovered the first direct evidence that massive black holes were present in the early universe. 20/06/2011
Shedding light on secrets of deep space Unlocking some of the mysteries of space; the nature of black holes, how ancient galaxies were formed, dark matter and even dark energy – these are some of… 06/06/2011
Russian Soyuz heads to launch pad – nocomment The Soyuz-TMA-02M rocket moves to its launchpad ahead of the new ISS mission launch next week. 06/06/2011
Shuttle Endeavour lands after final flight – nocomment The US space shuttle Endeavour has safely landed after its final flight. 01/06/2011
Juno going to Jupiter Jupiter is the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gaseous giant composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. It was explored by robotic spacecraft during the… 26/05/2011
The Space Truck The European cargo spacecraft ATV, is the most complex vehicle ever built to re-supply an International Space Station. It can take nearly eight tonnes of… 18/05/2011
Historic dig on MarsCuriosity the Mars Rover which landed on the planet six months ago has set to work and for the first time drilled into the surface of Mars. The powdered… 10/02/2013
Earth to be saved from asteroid collisionIt will be a close encounter of the asteroid kind. From outer space a celestial visitor about the size of an Olympic swimming pool is hurtling towards… 08/02/2013
A new hope for the saga: JJ Abrams to direct next Star Wars episodeJJ Abrams is to direct the next Star Wars episode, US entertainment industry news sources have revealed. The story, which broke on January 24, puts an end… 25/01/2013
Space exploration firm to unveil plans to mine asteroids by 2015It is a new sort of space race, a hi-tech gold rush straight from science-fiction. Space.com reports that new space exploration firm, Deep Space… 22/01/2013
Space junk cloud threatens ISSOnly hours after the successful docking of a Soyuz spacecraft with the International Space Station, concern is growing from the threat of an enormous cloud… 26/10/2012
Fish join latest US-Russian mission to Space StationA Soyuz rocket has blasted off from Kazakhstan, launching the latest human mission into orbit to join the International Space Station. The two Russian… 23/10/2012
Astronomers find new Earth-sized planet.Astronomers have discovered a new planet outside our Solar System. It orbits one of the Alpha Centauri stars just four light years away. But researchers… 17/10/2012
Endeavour goes where it has never gone beforeThe retired space shuttle Endeavour has gone where it has never gone before. The NASA craft has started a two-day crawl through Los Angeles on Friday where… 13/10/2012
Endeavour glides home to its final resting placeIt will never be seen gliding across the skies again. Endeavour the youngest in NASA’s shuttle fleet made its final flight from Florida to California passing… 22/09/2012
Soyuz 32 back on terra firma after 123 days at the ISSSoyuz expedition 32 has landed safely in Kazakhstan after the three astronauts spent 123 days working on board the International Space Station. Commander… 17/09/2012
Private funeral for astronaut Neil ArmstrongThe funeral has been held for the American astronaut Neil Armstrong who died last Saturday. Around 400 of the 82-year-old’s closest family and friends took… 01/09/2012
Interplanetary pop from Mars to EarthUnfortunately the Martians themselves were not able to hear it. But earthlings back at NASA’s base in California were privileged to listen to the first ever… 29/08/2012
US astronaut Armstrong a hero “of all time”Neil Armstrong, who died on Saturday aged 82, will long be remembered as the first person to walk on the moon. As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, the … 26/08/2012
Death of Neil Armstrong: Americans remember their national heroAmericans have been paying tribute to one of their space heroes following the death of astronaut Neil Armstrong. The 82-year-old was the first man to walk… 26/08/2012
First man on the moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died at the age of 82 on Saturday after suffering complications from heart bypass… 25/08/2012
Next NASA mission: discover what’s inside MarsTwo weeks after the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, NASA has said it will send another robot on the same journey in 2016. Its mission… 21/08/2012
Mars rover Curiosity becoming more curiousNASA scientists have been giving more details of the immediate tasks ahead for its Mars rover Curiosity. The robot has now been on the Red Planet for two… 18/08/2012
Mars makes scientists feel at homeParts of Mars look just like earth. The conclusion of NASA scientists after viewing initial images sent back from Curiosity. The first photos are wide shots… 09/08/2012
Curiosity rover starts work on MarsJust hours after successfully landing on Mars and the Curiosity space probe has already started sending images back to NASA. Scientists at the US space… 07/08/2012
Mars Curiosity satisfies NASA scientistsThere was applause, tears of joy and cheers of relief at mission control as NASA’s latest Mars rover, Curiosity, successfully landed on the Red… 06/08/2012
Mars mission: NASA celebrates Curiosity landingThere were scenes of jubilation at NASA mission control in California, as the Mars science rover Curiosity successfully touched down on the Red Planet. The… 06/08/2012
Curiosity touches down on MarsThere have been celebrations at NASA mission control in California, after the first fully-fledged, mobile science laboratory reached Mars. The Curiosity… 06/08/2012
NASA waits nervously for Mars landingNASA’s high-tech robot space probe is due to land on Mars shortly. Curiosity, as its called, is nearing the end of an eight-month 560km odyssey to reach… 06/08/2012
Curiosity nears its targetMonday morning as Europe is waking up scientists at the Jet Propulsion lab in Los Angeles will be holding their breaths to see if the latest mission to Mars… 05/08/2012
US astronaut Sally Ride dies aged 61America’s first woman to travel in space, Sally Ride has died from cancer. She was 61. It was in 1983 that Ride made her historic flight aboard space shuttle… 24/07/2012
NASA’s Mars rover readies for a rough landingNASA has been giving details about its latest mission to Mars. Its new rover, nicknamed Curiosity, is scheduled to land on August 6, but a successful… 17/07/2012
Big demand for tickets to Mars colonyA Dutch company has received hundreds of requests for one-way tickets to its planned human settlement on Mars – due to be completed in 2023. The next… 09/07/2012
Outpouring of national pride over latest China space missionChina has hailed the return to Earth of its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft which carried the country’s first woman astronaut into space. Beijing’s fourth manned… 29/06/2012
NASA ‘detects ice’ in moon craterUniversity and NASA scientists examining the moon claim to have detected small quantities of ice in a crater at its south pole. They found the floor of the… 23/06/2012
The sky’s the limit for commercial spaceflightsThe future of commercial spaceflights is bright – according to one of the main figures behind the first privately developed ship to travel to the… 01/06/2012
Dragon space ship prepares to return to earthThe world’s first privately-owned space ship is getting ready to return to earth. The Space X Dragon cargo ship is set to undock from the International… 31/05/2012
Three countries picked to host super telescopeThe biggest telescope ever built will be hosted in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, according to a decision taken on Friday. The Square Kilometre… 26/05/2012
New venture sets sights on asteroid miningA US-based company is aiming to open up a new mining market, with the extraction of precious metals and rare minerals from asteroids that orbit the… 25/04/2012
Japanese astronomers claim ‘new galaxy’ discoveryJapanese astronomers claim they have discovered a cluster of galaxies some 12 billion light years away from Earth. Researched used a Hawaii-based telescope… 25/04/2012
Lego makes a giant leap into spaceA legoman has gone where no legoman has gone before. Two Canadian high school students from Toronto claim to have flown him into space and they say they… 26/01/2012
Failed Russian satellite parts land in SiberiaParts from Friday’s failed Russian satellite launch have landed on a remote Siberian village. Fragments of the Meridian communications satellite crashed… 26/12/2011
Russian space rocket designer Boris Chertok diesRussian space rocket designer, Boris Chertok has died at the age of 99. For many years Chertok played a key role in engineering Soviet-era space programmes… 14/12/2011
Earth-like planet found 600 light years awayNASA scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet 600 light years away. It is thought to be about 2.4 times the size of Earth. The so-called “Kepler 22-b”… 06/12/2011
Life on Mars probe launchedA rocket has blasted-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida carrying a new space probe on a nine-month journey to Mars. ‘Curiosity’, as it has been nicknamed… 27/11/2011
Life on MarsSpace agency NASA is launching a nuclear-powered probe on a nine-month journey to Mars in a bid to learn if there is or ever was life on the planet. The… 26/11/2011
Curiosity robot headed for MarsNASA scientists claim the search for life on Mars will take a step forward with the launch of its newest rover on Saturday. The vehicle named “Curiosity” is… 23/11/2011
Russian Mars moon probe hits problemsThe future of a Russian interplanetary probe is in doubt after developing problems soon after launch. The mission – set for a Martian moon – managed to make a… 09/11/2011
Isolation experiment in Moscow ends after 520 daysThey are pale and thin, but a team of volunteers kept in isolation to simulate a long voyage to Mars has emerged in good spirits. The experiment near Moscow… 04/11/2011
Number of the Week: 520520 – That is the number of days that seven volunteers spent enclosed in a space capsule in Russia in preparation for the Mars 500 mission. For nearly a year… 04/11/2011
Galileo has to wait for blast off into spaceIn French Guiana the Russian Soyuz rocket with its payload Galileo satellites is static. Its scheduled launch on Thursday morning was delayed due to technical… 20/10/2011
World’s most powerful eye peers at the cosmosThe world’s most powerful radio telescope has begun operating in Chile’s Atacama desert. ALMA as its known is a joint US Europe and East Asia project and… 04/10/2011
Back in the Day: Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the EarthOn October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth’s orbit. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the… 03/10/2011
‘Heavenly’ Chinese space module blasts offChina has launched an experimental module into space as part of its future plans for a manned station. Tiangong-1, which translates as ‘heavenly place’… 29/09/2011
Double dawn: the planet with two sunsIt sounds like something from science-fiction but it is actually space fact. Star-gazers at NASA have discovered a planet with two suns. Researchers made the… 16/09/2011
Safe landing for astronauts in KazakhstanGround control is calling it a “bulls eye landing”. A Russian Soyuz space capsule has landed safely in Kazakhstan with three astronauts on board. The… 16/09/2011
Rocket blasts off on “moon mapping” missionAn unmanned US rocket has blasted off from Cape Canaveral as part of mission to find out what lies beneath the surface of the moon. Scientists hope to map the… 10/09/2011
Aerospace foundations tremble after Progress crashAerospace industries around the world are going through a shake-up after last week’s loss of the Russian cargo vessel Progress. The resupplying of the… 29/08/2011
Liquid water found on MarsNASA scientists believe they may have found evidence of water flowing on Mars. If so, it increases the chance that there could be life in some form on the… 05/08/2011
Back in the Day: NASA joins the space raceJuly 29, 1958. The US Congress passes the National Aeronautics and Space Act which establishes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The… 28/07/2011
Back in the Day: Man on the MoonJuly 20, 1969 Apollo 11’s lunar landing craft, Eagle, lands on the moon’s Sea of Tranquillity at 16:17 EDT (20:17GMT). Putting man on the moon by the end of… 20/07/2011
Shuttle programme on its last lapAn American space shuttle has parted company with the International Space Station for the last time ever. Atlantis pulled away after a nine-day visit to… 19/07/2011
NASA captures pictures of Saturn’s giant stormNASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured unprecedented images of a giant thunderstorm raging on the planet Saturn. Said to be eight times bigger than the Earth… 07/07/2011
Final space shuttle flight scheduled for July 8The final flight of the 30-year old space shuttle programme has been scheduled for July 8. Atlantis will embark on a 12-day mission to deliver a year’s… 29/06/2011
Last landing for Endeavour; shuttle programme nears closeHeading straight into the history books, the space shuttle Endeavour has finished its final flight with a smooth landing in Florida. After 19 years of… 01/06/2011
Pope Benedict speaks to ‘the heavens’The sky is no longer the limit for Pope Benedict XVI. He has become the first pontiff to call space, speaking directly with crew members onboard the… 21/05/2011
