world news Mystery bidder pays €23m euros for Bezos rocket space flight A mystery bidder has pledged €23 million to win an auction for the last seat on a space rocket with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. 13/06/2021
Sci-tech Virgin Galactic rocket ship launches from New Mexico British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson said the successful tests bring it closer to commercial flights for tourists, which could begin next year. 23/05/2021
USA NASA condemns India for destroying a satellite and placing ISS at risk NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said India has put the future of human space flight at risk after they successfully tested shooting down a satellite with a missile. 60 objects from the debris are 10 cm or bigger, making them large enough to track, 24 of which have gone above the apogee of the ISS. 02/04/2019
world news Astronauts safe after Booster rockets carrying Soyuz failed in mid-air Nasa said there was an issue with the booster and the crew has landed safely back on Earth. 11/10/2018
USA Virgin Galactic tests rocket ship, three years after fatal accident. The aircraft landed safely after reaching speeds of over 2000km per hour The last test in 2014 ended in disaster when the aircraft crashed, killing the crew 06/04/2018
Kazakhstan US-Russian crew returns from space station NASA's Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and Russia's Alexander Misurkin spent 168 days aboard the ISS. 28/02/2018
USA John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years. 07/01/2018
Kazakhstan Russian vessel blasts off for space station Crew trio from US, Japan and Russia lift off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for two-day trip to International Space Station 17/12/2017
