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Mystery remains over fate of European Mars lander Schiaparelli

The fate of a European probe supposed to have touched down on Mars on Wednesday remains a mystery.

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LIVE: what happened to the Mars landing Schiaparelli probe?

Scientists are scrambling to confirm the status of the European lander which was due to have landed on the Red Planet's surface, after contact was lost during its descent.

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Europe and Russia's mission to Mars

The ExoMars mission blasted off seven months ago abord a Russian rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Is there life on Mars? Landing of ExoMars probe today may tell us more

Destination: The Red Planet.

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All you need to know about Europe's new mission to Mars

Mars has long piqued people’s interest – from science fiction tales of Martians to Elon Musk’s goal of one day colonising the planet.

Sci-Tech

ExoMars mission enters crucial stage

ExoMars, the European Space Agency’s mission to Mars, is at a crucial stage.

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China launches its longest manned space mission

China has launched its longest manned space mission, sending two men into orbit to spend a month on board a space laboratory.

Ukraine

Ukrainian astronomer and famous comet researcher Klim Churyumov dies at 79

Along with Svetlana Gerasimenko, Churyumov discovered comet 67P, which the Rosetta mission successfully landed its philae lander on in 2014.

USA

President Obama plots a course to Mars and back by the 2030s

US President Barack Obama has revealed that the United States is working in partnership with private companies to send and expedition to Mars and back by the 2030s.

Germany

Euronews asks the experts what they think of Rosetta

A bittersweet day for the ESA as they celebrate the success of their comet mission after working together on the project for more than 30 years.

Germany

Rosetta crash-lands on her comet

Scientists at the ESA control centre in Germany clapped and hugged after screens showed the loss of signal after the final, historic touchdown.

Sci-Tech

'Commencing countdown' astronauts prepare for blast off

French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is going for a swim, but this is one dip with a difference. Pesquet is taking his last training session in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Cente

USA

SpaceX announces plans to colonise Mars

SpaceX, the space technology firm is setting its sights on Mars.

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Water on Jupiter's moon Europa? But why should I care?

USA

Jupiter's moon Europa 'spewing water plumes'

NASA says it has further evidence that Jupiter’s moon Europa is expelling large plumes of water into space.

Sci-Tech

One-billion star map of the Milky Way

It features more than 1.

Sci-Tech

Philae: a space odyssey with a happy end

After nearly two years missing in action, Rosetta's small lander Philae has finally been located in a shadowed spot on the comet 67-P - also known as Churyumov Gerasimenko - just three weeks before th

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Philae - Lost....and Found!

The lost lander has been spotted on the "Space Duck" comet it landed on 664 days ago.

Sci-Tech

ET ring back Russian telescope picks up mysterious radio signal

Is there anybody out there? The fundamental question is rebounding once again after a mysterious radio signal was picked up by a Russian telescope.

Sci-Tech

Spacecraft Rosetta prepares to crash-land on comet 67P

The extraordinary mission of ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft around comet 67P is nearly over: on 30 September the craft will crash land on its surface and end a 12 year voyage through…