no comment Blue Origin conducts test launch in Texas Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle from West Texas as part of a test flight Wednesday afternoon, and successfully landed the rocket and capsule separately a short time later. 15/04/2021
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
Green News Satellite launched to clean up space debris orbiting the Earth It's not just on Earth where we struggle with waste. Tonnes of rubbish is circling in space but here's the solution. 24/03/2021
Eco-Innovation Plans for the first sustainable city on Mars unveiled The vertical city has homes, offices and green spaces and construction is due to start in 2054. 19/03/2021
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
Japan Japanese billionaire seeks eight creatives for paid-for moon flight Yusaku Maezawa and his guests could become the first lunar voyagers since the last Apollo mission in 1972. 03/03/2021
Eco-Innovation Are the Earth’s shifting magnetic fields causing climate change? Bold new research claims that atmospheric changes more than 40,000 years ago could be related to the climate crisis. 26/02/2021
Eco-Innovation ‘Dark vessels’ are being tracked from space to stop illegal fishing Satellite technology is being brought in to help combat problems with unregulated fishing in coastal nations. 25/02/2021
Good Morning Europe Hungary prepares their candidate for orbit after ESA recruitment drive 25/02/2021
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
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
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
