no comment Cygnus cargo craft makes delivery to ISS Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo craft arrives at the International Space Station, delivering crew supplies and science experiments 19/11/2018
world news NASA shares first pictures of massive Antarctic iceberg from PIG The close-up photographs showed the giant iceberg that NASA said was "three times the size of Manhatten". 10/11/2018
World Russia planning moon base manned by robots Russia's space agency says it is considering establishing a base on the moon, possibly manned by robot avatars. 07/11/2018
USA Neil Armstrong astronaut memorabilia auction lifts off Space enthusiasts spend more than $4 million in just the first day of an auction of Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s personal collection of memorabilia. 03/11/2018
USA NASA retires its planet-hunting Kepler telescope The spacecraft, which discovered some 2,600 planets outside of the solar system, has run out of fuel. 01/11/2018
World NASA has found a rectangular iceberg A tabular iceberg has been photographed by NASA in the Antarctic. 24/10/2018
space BepiColombo sets off to solve the mysteries of Mercury Mercury is a misfit in the solar system, an intriguing planet that science can't quite explain. The joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission is setting off to explore the closest planet to the Sun in unprecedented detail. 19/10/2018
Good Morning Europe Astronauts make emergency landing as engine fails on Soyuz rocket Russian officials are investigating the cause of a booster problem that forced a Soyuz rocket capsule to make an emergency landing just after launch 12/10/2018
Good Morning Europe Astronomers may have found first moon outside Earth's Solar System Astronomers believe they may have found the first compelling evidence for a moon outside of our Solar System - orbiting a gigantic planet 8,000 light years from Earth. 04/10/2018
Good Morning Europe NASA reaches landmark 60th anniversary NASA, America's Space Agency, started operating exactly 60 years ago today - 1st October, 1958. And little over a decade after its founding, it put men on the moon for the first time. 01/10/2018
Inspire Middle East Meet Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi, two super smart UAE siblings Emirati brother and sister Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi are two of the UAE’s child prodigies. At just fourteen-years-old, Adeeb, who was named this year as one of world’s smartest teenagers, has already applied for seven scientific patents. 28/09/2018
Inspire Middle East The UAE launches its first NASA space camp for young scientists The UAE is aiming to become a world leader in space technology by 2021 and the country is investing heavily in its young scientists. 28/09/2018
world news NASA using laser to map Earth's ice coverage The U.S. has sent a satellite into space that will use laser technology to map the Earth's ice coverage and assess the impact of global warming 15/09/2018
USA NASA launches daring solar probe mission to ‘touch’ the sun NASA Parker Solar Probe launched this morning after it was shut down Saturday following a red flag alarm in the final moments before lift-off. 11/08/2018
USA NASA delays solar probe launch due to last minute 'red alarm' On Saturday morning, NASA put the brakes on the launch of a probe that will be launched towards the sun. 11/08/2018
USA Space Force: US announces plans for new branch of its armed forces The White House has announced plans to extend US military dominance into space with the creation of a new, sixth branch of its armed forces, called the Space Force. The separate military department will bolster US defences and should be operational by 2020. 10/08/2018
world news Perseids meteor shower: When and where can we watch? The annual Perseids meteor shower is expected to take place from July 17 to August 24, with peak times occurring during the night of August 12. 07/08/2018
world news Stunning pictures of Mars and Saturn are released Stunning pictures of Mars and Saturn taken as the two planets were making their closest approach to Earth this year have been released. 31/07/2018
Cinema Ryan Gosling in 'First Man' opens this years Venice Film Festival Damien Chazelle is the Director of the biopic of the pioneering astronaut Neil Armstrong. "First Man" follows Armstrong from 1961 to 1969 as NASA worked to land a man on the moon 20/07/2018
space What's the risk from asteroids, and what's being done about it? What's the risk from asteroids, and what's being done about it? As #AsteroidDay approaches we meet some dinosaurs, meteorite specialists and asteroid hunters to find out. 21/06/2018
world news Mars dust storm throws Nasa rover into doubt Most of Mars is engulfed in a dust storm the likes of which has not been seen for over a decade. 21/06/2018
world news Could this be a sign of life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity rover finds organics and methane ‘cycle’ on red planet. 08/06/2018
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
