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Germany

How do you learn to spacewalk?

Spacewalking is the highlight of an astronaut's career, and one of the hardest physical challenges they will ever face. So training at this facility in Germany is key.

15/02/2018

World News

10 weird objects sent into space

Elon Musk sent his sports car into space at the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, but he’s not the only one who has launched strange objects out of this world.

10/02/2018

USA

Elon Musk: The man who launched a car towards Mars

"Apparently, there is a car in orbit around Earth” tweeted the US entrepreneur who's new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, was sent into space with “Don’t panic!” stamped on the dashboard and David Bowie playing on the speaker.

07/02/2018

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10 years of Columbus, Europe's orbiting space lab

Since it blasted off ten years ago, Columbus has been used to grow plants, research new metals and probe astronauts' blood, bodies and brains.

19/01/2018

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#AskSpace: What's up with ESA's 'village on the Moon' concept?

#AskSpace: What's happening with ESA's village on the Moon concept? Answer from ESA astronaut Frank De Winne

18/01/2018

USA

John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies

He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years.

07/01/2018

World News

Space and science look ahead 2018

Euronews' Space and Futuris presenters take a look at what's ahead in the next 12 months.

28/12/2017

World News

Shift in US space policy? Trump promises trip to moon and Mars

Marking the 45th anniversary of the last Apollo mission, President Trump has pledged to reboot the country's space exploration program

13/12/2017

World News

Poll: Who should be Euronews' Space Personality of the Year?

13/12/2017

USA

Trump wants US astronauts back to the moon - and someday Mars

"Imagine the possibilities waiting in those big, beautiful stars if we dare to dream big,” said the US president as he signed his first space policy directive.

12/12/2017

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Legends of Space, ep 10: Rosetta and Philae

We look back to November 2014, when Rosetta's Philae probe landed on a comet

23/11/2017

USA

Meet the first asteroid we’ve seen from outside our solar system

The remarkable discovery of Oumuamua opens a new window on solar systems beyond our own, say experts.

21/11/2017

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates sets its sights on Mars

"Arabs were pioneers in sciences hundreds of years ago - why can't we do it again?": the UAE Space Agency hopes to set up the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars by 2117, one hundred years from now.

14/11/2017

Sci-Tech

Your bedroom on Mars will look a lot different

Forget about your big bed — and that comfy recliner.

06/11/2017

World News

Live: Astronauts look down on the earth from the ISS during a spacewalk

NASA astronauts take part in a spacewalk to carry out maintenance on the International Space Station

20/10/2017

Japan

Giant moon cave could one day contain lunar base

Tunnel beneath the surface is thought to have been formed by volanoes.

20/10/2017

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Legends of Space, ep 9: Voyager

The Voyager probes are deeper into space than any man-made object has ever gone before

19/10/2017

World News

Scientists strike gold with gravitational waves

For the first time scientists have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in space and time predicted by Albert Einstein, with light from the same cosmic event.

17/10/2017

World News

Astronomers strike gold with gravitational waves

LIGO and Virgo detectors used to spot cataclysmic event scattering gold and platinum into space

16/10/2017

USA

Asteroid offers chance to test Earth's alert system

Nasa is coordinating global effort to improve tracking of space objects.

11/10/2017