More about this topic

World News

Expedition 55 crew lands back on Earth after 168 days in space

The crew - Anton Shkaplerov of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle - parachuted safely into Kazakhstan.

03/06/2018

World News

Is Pluto a giant comet? And does it really have dunes on its surface?

Scientists have detected a large field of dunes on the surface of the distant planet Pluto apparently made from lumps of ice.

01/06/2018

World News

Alan Bean, 4th man on the moon, dies aged 86

Alan Bean, NASA astronaut and 4th man to walk on the moon, passed away, aged 86, on May 26, after a short illness, his family said in a press release.

27/05/2018

USA

SpaceX makes successful launch of new Block 5 rocket

An updated version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, tailored for eventual crewed missions for NASA, made its debut launch on Friday from Florida's Cape Canaveral carrying a communications satellite for Bangladesh into orbit.

12/05/2018

USA

NASA launches mission to explore below Mars' surface

NASA's InSight mission to Mars was launched on an Atlas V-401 rocket from California in the early hours of Saturday morning and will take six months to reach the planet.

05/05/2018

USA

Space X launches NASA planet hunter

New telescope will look further than before for new worlds capable of sustaining life, and compile catalogue for global astronomers to use.

19/04/2018

World News

NASA to use 3D-printed parts for spacecraft for first time

As NASA prepares to send a spacecraft deeper into space than ever before, it will do so achieving yet another milestone: For the first time ever, some of the spacecraft's components will be 3D printed. An innovation that could speed up space exploration.

17/04/2018

USA

NASA's new X-Plane will be supersonic but also super quiet

The space organisation has announced it will build a piloted X-Plane that will produce a noise as loud as a car door closing and could bring back supersonic flight for the public.

04/04/2018

World News

NASA develops plan to send robot bees to Mars

Scientists say Marsbees will be the size of bumblebees but with cicada-sized wings.

02/04/2018

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

Next Series

#AskSpace: How will astronauts handle the journey to Mars?

#AskSpace: Astronaut Paolo Nespoli gives his views on how astronauts will handle the long journey to Mars.

15/02/2018

USA

Trump administration plans to privatize ISS: r

“It is possible that industry could continue to operate certain elements or capabilities of the ISS as part of a future commercial platform,” an internal NASA document states.

12/02/2018

World News

Rocket fuel inventor dies aged 107

The developer of a space fuel based on liquid hydrogen which made moon flights possible, Barys Kit, has died at the age of 107. The Belarusian-American rocket scientist was one of the world’s oldest men

03/02/2018

Next Series

#AskSpace: What's up with ESA's 'village on the Moon' concept?

#AskSpace: What's happening with ESA's village on the Moon concept? Answer from ESA astronaut Frank De Winne

18/01/2018

USA

New study reveals water more plentiful on Mars than previously thought

Astronauts visiting the Red Planet would just need a ‘bucket and shovel to have all the water they need’, say experts.

12/01/2018

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

World News

Ozone layer recovering thanks to chemical ban, NASA confirms

Scientists have credited the Montreal Protocol with bringing about the recovery of the protective layer

05/01/2018

USA

First alien star system with as many planets as our own discovered

A joint effort between NASA scientists and Google artificial intelligence specialist has led to the discovery of a star system with as many worlds as our own.

15/12/2017

World News

Shift in US space policy? Trump promises trip to moon and Mars

Marking the 45th anniversary of the last Apollo mission, President Trump has pledged to reboot the country's space exploration program

13/12/2017

Next Series

NASA fires Voyager 1’s thrusters for first time in 37 years

Scientists were amazed the thrusters worked having been out of action since 1980.

03/12/2017