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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

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NASA hails launch of super pressure balloon

NASA has successfully launched a super pressure balloon from New Zealand – an important step in scientific investigations of the near-space…

20/05/2016

New Zealand

NASA releases 2,366kg, super-pressure balloon into Earth's orbit

19/05/2016

World News

Dragon heads back to Earth

A SpaceX Dragon capsule is heading back to Earth, crammed full of experiment results and cargo from the International Space Station. It is the first

11/05/2016

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"Space hotel" successfully added to ISS

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) has been successfully attached onto the International Space Station (ISS). A NASA ground-control team

17/04/2016

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Flying high

NASA releases beautiful time-lapse video of the Earth’s horizon as seen from the International Space Station

06/04/2016

USA

NASA to explore Arctic sea ice after record warm winter

NASA is preparing to launch two missions to explore the Arctic following data that showed 2015 to be the warmest year on record. According to the

25/03/2016

USA

Record-breaking astronaut Scott Kelly to retire

Record-holding astronaut Scott Kelly is to retire from NASA on April 1, the agency reports. The American made history after spending almost a year on

12/03/2016

USA

Most distant galaxy ever seen - 13.4 billion light years away

Scientists at the space agency NASA say the Hubble telescope has detected a galaxy 13.4 billion light years away. It’s the most distant galaxy ever

04/03/2016

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Back to gravity

A Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov landed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday

03/03/2016

Kazakhstan

Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after longest US space mission

An American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut have returned to Earth after an unprecedented period of almost a year in space for NASA. The time spent

02/03/2016

Kazakhstan

NASA spaceman Scott Kelly returns to Earth after record breaking ISS stint

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko have arrived back on Earth after nearly a year aboard the International Space

02/03/2016

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UK astronaut Tim Peake films the British Isles from the ISS

British astronaut Tim Peake films a sparkling United Kingdom from space as the International Space Station (ISS) flies over the English Channel.

20/02/2016

USA

Challenger disaster: space crew remembered 30 years on

Hundreds have gathered at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to remember the victims of the Challenger shuttle disaster, 30 years on. Six

29/01/2016

World

How the Challenger disaster changed space exploration forever

It was the disaster that injected a shot of realism into space exploration ambitions and whose impact is still being felt today. Thirty years ago the

20/01/2016