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Now playing Next Space ESA is returning to the asteroid nudged off its orbit last year A new ESA mission is heading back to the asteroid nudged off course when it crashed a spacecraft onto its surface last year. 31/10/2023
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Now playing Next Mobility JUICE mission launches to hunt for alien life on Jupiter's icy moons The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft lifted off on Friday, a day later than planned after the launch was postponed due to bad weather. 14/04/2023
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Now playing Next Space NASA is building James Webb's successor. This is what it will do NASA's next big space telescope is under construction with help from ESA - and scientists hope it will answer questions about dark matter. 19/03/2023
Now playing Next Space James Webb Telescope discovers six massive 'universe breaker' galaxies They're far bigger than was believed possible for galaxies so soon after the dawn of the universe - leaving scientists stunned. 23/02/2023
Now playing Next Mobility Test flights and lunar missions: What to expect in space in 2023 After a year that saw NASA’s successful Orion test flight, here's what to look forward to in space in 2023. 02/01/2023
Now playing Next Mobility Here’s why 2022 was a milestone year for space exploration NASA’s moon mission finally got underway in a year jam packed with major steps forward in space exploration. 21/12/2022
Now playing Next Mobility How nationalism doomed the International Space Station The International Space Station is approaching the end of its lifetime. This is why we’re unlikely to see another similar project take its place. 27/11/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Diversity in space: ESA announces first 'parastronaut' ESA's new class of astronauts includes a Paralympic athlete - a first for any major space agency - and two women. 24/11/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Meet Samantha Cristoforetti, the ISS' new commander and TikTok star Italy’s first female astronaut and a TikTok star in orbit, Samantha Cristoforetti has become the first European woman to lead the ISS. 28/09/2022
Now playing Next Mobility ESA spacecraft gets ready to unlock secrets of Jupiter and its moons The JUICE mission will explore Jupiter and its icy moons in the hope of finding signs of life beyond Earth. 26/09/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Where did the 'alien obelisk' found in Australia come from? Space debris falling out of the sky is becoming more; Australia's space agency has just confirmed this junk came from a SpaceX Dragon capsule. 04/08/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Russia to quit the ISS after 2024 and build its own space station Russia had stopped cooperating with the ISS in protest against Western sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine. 26/07/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Putin removes firebrand Dmitry Rogozin as head of Roscosmos Russia's space agency has lost its firebrand chief Dmitry Rogozin – a man known for his blusterous anti-West rhetoric, particularly since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 15/07/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Europe cuts ties with Russia over Mars rover mission The European Space Agency has officially terminated a joint European-Russian rover mission to Mars amid political tensions caused by the war in Ukraine. 13/07/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Europe suspends Mars rover mission with Russia over Ukraine war ESA and Russia’s Roscosmos have been working on the project for the last decade. 17/03/2022