USA NASA completes historic flight on Mars with Ingenuity helicopter The Ingenuity helicopter, which landed on the Red Planet along with the Perseverance Rover on 18 February, is expected to fly for just 40 seconds for this first test flight. 19/04/2021
World Europe must be ambitious to stay ahead in the space race, says ESA The European Space Agency's Director-General has set out an ambitious plan, which he says will keep the agency on the front foot in the space race. 07/04/2021
World Asteroid Apophis won’t hit Earth for at least 100 years, says NASA When discovered in 2004, Apophis was thought to be one of the most potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, but new data shows it won’t hit the planet for at least another century. 28/03/2021
world news Spacewalking astronauts manage possible ammonia leak Spacewalking astronauts worked to avoid getting toxic ammonia on their suits from the International Space Station's external cooling system on Saturday. 13/03/2021
state of the union Europe's week: Leaders meet virtually, as Russia sanctioned EU leaders met virtually this week to take stock of the epidemiological situation across the continent, as sanctions against Russia were agreed upon by foreign affairs ministers. 26/02/2021
World 'Iconic!': NASA's Perseverance sends first pictures after Mars landing The American space agency promises more photos in the next few days and possibly also an audio recording of the historic descent. 19/02/2021
no comment "Touchdown confirmed!" - Perseverance lands on Mars The NASA rover is there as part of a mission to uncover signs of life and collect samples of rock 19/02/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina What links a Bosnian village and NASA's historic bid to land on Mars? 18/02/2021
The Cube Has a 50-year mystery about playing golf on the moon now been solved? US astronaut Alan P. Shepard Jr became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. But there has been a 50-year-old mystery over how far it travelled. Until perhaps now.... 05/02/2021
world news NASA 'megarocket' test aborted after computers shut down engine A test of NASA's new SLS megarocket was aborted after computers automatically shut down engines after a little over a minute 17/01/2021
USA US-European ocean monitoring satellite launches into orbit Sea-surface heights are affected by heating and cooling of water, allowing scientist to use the altimeter data to detect such weather-influencing conditions as the warm El Nino and the cool La Nina. 21/11/2020
USA SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station The Dragon capsule pulled up and docked late Monday night, following a 27-hour, completely automated flight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 17/11/2020
Eco-Innovation NASA launches new satellite to monitor rising sea levels The spacecraft is the latest initiative by the space agency to gather data about changing sea levels. 06/11/2020
World NASA spacecraft leaking asteroid samples into space NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft has collected too much material from the asteroid Bennu, millions of miles from Earth, and it is now spilling its contents into space. 24/10/2020
