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
Life New satirical advert explains why the elite 1% will move to Mars If you’re not rich enough to escape to Mars, you’d better start tackling climate change now, says Thunberg. 17/02/2021
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
no comment Astronauts go on a spacewalk to enhance International Space Station It was part of a four-year effort to modernise the International Space Station's power grid. 01/02/2021
China China space probe due to enter Mars' orbit China's Mars probe spacecraft is due to enter the red planet's orbit within a month after traveling 400m kilometres since its launch in July 03/01/2021
World 2020 wasn't a great year on Earth - but what about in space? With so much of the planet's population stuck at home for large parts of the year, 2020 has at least been a good one for looking up at the sky and taking in the wonders of the cosmos. 28/12/2020
Chile Total solar eclipse wows crowds across Latin America Thousands travelled across Chile and Argentina to catch a glimpse of the celestial event which won't be seen again until 2048. 15/12/2020
Russia Russia completes second successful test launch of Angara A5 rocket Russia has successfully launched its Angara A5 rocket, the second successful test flight of the rocket officials said. 14/12/2020
USA SpaceX’s Starship test flight explodes on touchdown An unmanned test flight for SpaceX’s Starship, a rocketship Elon Musk hopes will carry people to Mars, ended in a spectacular explosion upon touchdown on Wednesday night. 10/12/2020
Latvia Latvian technology could one day prevent asteroids from hitting Earth Latvia's space technology tradition dates back to Soviet times when Sputnik - the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth - was launched in 1957. 02/12/2020
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
World Astronaut and cosmonauts return after mission launched during pandemic An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after a six-month mission in space, launched in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. 22/10/2020
World Spacecraft touches asteroid's surface in mission to grab rock sample Flight controllers declare success in NASA mission to collect material from an asteroid 200 million miles from planet Earth using the Osiris-Rex spacecraft 20/10/2020
World ‘How’s the signal up there?’: Nokia to bring 4G to the moon Nokia says it will build a 4G communications system for the moon, as part of NASA’s plan to establish a long-term human presence there 19/10/2020
