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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.

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What can space tell us about life on Earth?

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Airbus’s space based environmental monitoring strategies are high-tech solutions helping tackle climate challenges.

Mobility

Have we found the first planet outside of our galaxy?

A Saturn-sized exoplanet might have been discovered by astronomers using Nasa's Chandra X-Ray Telescope.

Euronews Debates

How safe is SpaceX's all-civilian mission?

Is Space X's latest launch, Inspiration 4, a leap forward in commercial space travel or a risk too far? Euronews talked to two experts to find out.

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SPACE: Astronauts aboard ISS take part in first ‘Space Olympics’

The International Space Station Expedition 65 crew recorded themselves having a day of ‘weightless fun’ at the end of a long week of work. From Earth orbit, 400 km above our planet, the crew present the very first “Space Olympics”.

Mobility

Boeing scraps a key test space flight of its crew capsule

The launch of Boeing's crew capsule is facing more delays following a disastrous attempt in 2019 and now this latest cancellation.

Mobility

Can Europe compete with SpaceX in the satellite space race?

SpaceX has forced Europe’s space industry to come up with out-of-this-world ideas to compete in the satellite launching sector.

Mobility

New way to scan for life signs remotely could help discover alien life

Detecting "biosignatures" from a moving helicopter is the first step towards detecting alien life from orbit, the researchers said.

Tech News

Virgin Galactic rocket ship launches from New Mexico

British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson said the successful tests bring it closer to commercial flights for tourists, which could begin next year.

Tech News

China's Zhurong rover roams the surface of Mars for the first time

China's Mars Rover, Zhurong left its module for the first time for a successful drive around on the surface of the Red Planet.

Mobility

ESA wants satellites around the Moon to make manned missions easier

More than a dozen European firms have been contracted by the European Space Agency to draw up proposals for a shared lunar telecoms and navigation service.

World News

China says rocket debris landed in Indian Ocean

The head of NASA accused China of “failing to meet responsible standards” after debris from its rocket landed near the Maldives.

Tech News

What you need to know about the Chinese rocket falling to Earth

A Long March 5B rocket, which helped launch part of China's new space station, is making an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth this weekend - but no one knows where.

Mobility

Company producing oxygen from Moon soil is making Mars missions easier

Entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are determined to get human beings to the Moon and Mars. This company, which has found a way to produce oxygen from soil on the Moon, may help them to get us there.

Business Planet

Space startups: nurturing the next generation

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet ventures into orbit to explore the EU’s big plans to boost startups working in Europe’s Space economy.

Business Planet

Interstellar vision: Europe's space business plan

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet explores the EU's big plan to make sure Europe stays ahead in the global space race.

Eco-Innovation

This Internet of Things startup is ‘solving important global problems'

Internet of Thing startup Hiber BV is tackling environmental issues by cutting down on waste.

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.

Travel News

The first space hotel could open its doors sooner than you think

Sleeping among the stars could become a long haul excursion in just six years.

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