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The longest delivery order in the Galaxy

A capsule loaded with 2,400 kilos of food, supplies, equipment and science experiments has docked with the ISS, 410 kilometres above the earth.

23/10/2016

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A world view

Video of Earth from the International Space Station (taken from Nasa live cut during the Orbital ATK launch).

19/10/2016

World News

All you need to know about Europe's new mission to Mars

Mars has long piqued people’s interest – from science fiction tales of Martians to Elon Musk’s goal of one day colonising the planet.

18/10/2016

USA

President Obama plots a course to Mars and back by the 2030s

US President Barack Obama has revealed that the United States is working in partnership with private companies to send and expedition to Mars and back by the 2030s.

11/10/2016

Sci-Tech

'Commencing countdown' astronauts prepare for blast off

French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is going for a swim, but this is one dip with a difference. Pesquet is taking his last training session in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Cente

29/09/2016

World News

Water on Jupiter's moon Europa? But why should I care?

27/09/2016

USA

Jupiter's moon Europa 'spewing water plumes'

NASA says it has further evidence that Jupiter’s moon Europa is expelling large plumes of water into space.

27/09/2016

World News

Microbes and the meaning of life?

Researchers in Japan are hoping microbes from Space could hold the secret to the origins of life on Earth.

21/09/2016

World News

Record-breaking US astronaut, crewmates safely return to Earth

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams has now spent a total of 534 days in space throughout his career, more than any other US astronaut.

07/09/2016

World News

[Watch] ISS spots three hurricanes

Nasa has upload this amazing timelapse footage showing three hurricanes filmed by the International Space Station on August 30.

31/08/2016

USA

NASA's SpaceX Dragon capsule returns home

NASA’s SpaceX Dragon capsule has returned to Earth carrying a huge cargo of scientific experiments from the International Space Station.

26/08/2016

Sci-Tech

NASA's latest launch - to bring back 'scientific treasure'

NASA is counting down to their OSIRIS-REx mission (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer), aimed at bringing samples back from a near-Earth…

24/08/2016

World News

Look Up! How to watch the 2016 Perseid meteor shower

The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to be one of the best potential meteor viewing opportunities of the year.

11/08/2016

USA

NASA's Juno probe returns first photo of Jupiter

NASA’s Juno probe has returned its first in-orbit photo of Jupiter.

13/07/2016

Sci-Tech

NASA's Juno spacecraft reaches Jupiter

NASA celebrated a great victory on Tuesday as its spacecraft Juno finally reached Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.

07/07/2016

World News

NASA's Juno probe slips into Jupiter's orbit

NASA is celebrating after its Juno spacecraft slipped into Jupiter’s orbit.

05/07/2016

USA

Juno meets Jupiter as crucial orbit manoeuvre looms

It is fingers crossed time at NASA as the Juno spacecraft enters a crucial phase of its Jupiter mission.

04/07/2016

Kazakhstan

Tim Peake: back to Earth after an 'out of this world' experience

A Russian, an American and a history-making British astronaut landed safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday, after a six month stint on the International Space…

18/06/2016

Sci-Tech

NASA prepares humanoid robots for trip to Mars

Humanoid Robots to pioneer Mars colonisation?

30/05/2016

USA

UN sounds alarm over record-breaking temperature rise

Another month, another record high temperature.

21/05/2016