Travel News Are giant, floating balloons the future of space tourism? The trip, costing €114,000 per person, can take eight passengers and a pilot into space. 14/04/2022
Mobility NASA scales back Moon rocket launch test after spate of delays What you need to know about the glitches that have been holding up key pre-launch tests for NASA’s next mission to the Moon. 12/04/2022
Mobility Neptune is getting unexpectedly cooler and scientists don’t know why New research reveals mysterious patterns in the temperatures of this far-flung icy planet. 11/04/2022
Mobility Exoplanet nine times the size of Jupiter found still 'in the womb' AB Aur b, a new exoplanet, has been found in the earliest part of its formation. Its birth is challenging what we know about planets forming. 04/04/2022
Mobility This helmet could tell us what space does to the human brain An Israeli start-up, which studies data on brain activity, has developed the device which will be tested in orbit by astronauts to monitor changes in brain activity in space. 30/03/2022
Mobility Is this what astronauts will use to build colonies on the Moon? If NASA adopts FLEX and its payload platform, it would become the first passenger-capable rover to ply the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in the 1970s. 12/03/2022
Europe News Brussels wants to increase management of space traffic European Commissioner Thierry Breton says space is becoming increasingly contested. 26/01/2022
Mobility James Webb arrives at its final destination 1.5 million km from Earth The most powerful space observatory ever built will orbit the Sun 1.5 million km from Earth and is designed to last for 10 years. 26/01/2022
Biztech news This hiking robot dog could swap the Swiss Alps for other planets Its creators hope the dog, which uses its sense of touch to navigate, will help humans get to previously inaccessible, dangerous places. 21/01/2022
Green News Billionaires should focus on climate not space travel, public says As more and more billionaires jet off into space, public opinion is shifting on where their vast sums of money should be spent. 05/01/2022
Mobility The most ambitious telescope ever made is preparing for blast-off The James Webb Space Telescope, an observatory with a €9.5 billion price tag, will allow scientists to peer further into the cosmos than ever before. 15/12/2021
Mobility Astronauts train for life on Mars with rocks on Earth The ESA’s Pangaea project is designed to equip astronauts with essential geology training so they can execute manned missions to the Moon and Mars. 14/12/2021
Mobility France is leading Europe’s push to conquer a new frontier in space A collective of French space experts wants to embark on a new kind of space conquest with a new European satellite constellation. 10/12/2021
Mobility NASA’s 10 new astronauts could one day walk on the Moon or Mars NASA has revealed its latest cohort of astronauts. The six men and four women could be picked for upcoming missions to the Moon or Mars. 07/12/2021
Mobility These 3 privately-funded space stations will replace the ISS What will happen once the International Space Station is no longer fit for use? These are the three orbiting stations NASA is planning. 07/12/2021
Mobility Is space debris a real threat to space missions and satellites? “The problem is that space is limited and the more objects we bring into space, the denser the region gets,” aeronautics expert Carolin Frueh said. 03/12/2021
Mobility NASA wants to put nuclear reactors on Moon to keep astronauts alive Despite the various challenges involved, the US space agency is looking for a means to power its planned Moon base. 22/11/2021
Mobility Moon landing delayed by 'several years,' says NASA watchdog The mission to put humans back on the Moon is running late, a new report has found. The NASA report also said the agency was “underreporting” the mission's $93 billion cost. 16/11/2021
Mobility SpaceX crew launch marks 600 space travellers in 60 years The number of humans in space averages out to 10 people per year since Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering flight in 1961. 11/11/2021
Mobility Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin loses lunar lander lawsuit against NASA The company sued the US government agency after it awarded a contract to rival SpaceX, but on Wednesday the case was dismissed by a judge. 05/11/2021
Nature These jaw-dropping photos of the Milky Way defy light pollution Some of the world’s best space photographers have come together to capture our galactic home. 02/11/2021
Eco-Innovation Astronauts settle into their Martian base camp on Earth A mock base camp in the Israeli desert is hosting a month-long simulation for what it could be like to live on Mars. 23/10/2021
Mobility How Europe is planning to send the first woman to the Moon The ESA-NASA collaboration will develop a vital part of the Orion spacecraft which will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. 21/10/2021
Destinations How this tiny US town accidentally became the 'Shangri-la of quiet' A tiny US town has become a refuge for people seeking to escape the digital age. 17/10/2021
USA NASA spacecraft takes off to visit asteroids around Jupiter A NASA probe called Lucy was launched into the sky to start a 12-year mission to explore asteroids, believed to be "fossils" of the early Solar System. 16/10/2021
Mobility What will travel look like in 50 years time? We ask the experts How we move around our cities and the world is changing at break-neck speed. So, how much will change in 50 years? 13/09/2021
