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These are the endangered plants we could grow on Mars

The soil on Mars is thought to be rich in iron, meaning leafy green vegetables could thrive.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over moon landing contract

The Amazon founder’s space company filled a lawsuit against NASA, challenging its decision to award a lucrative contract to rival SpaceX.

Mobility

500 million-year-old 'Blob' that can think is being blasted into space

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be experimenting with how the curious organism behaves in zero-gravity on the International Space Station.

Mobility

Russian module knocks International Space Station out of position

A newly arrived Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position when it accidentally fired its thrusters.

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Mobility

The Robotic Arm is the latest space engineering project at the ESA

A new robotic arm will soon arrive at the Russian part of the International Space Station to help astronauts with maintenance and the transportation of things.

Mobility

NASA and ESA to test nudging asteroids off collision course with Earth

It's World Asteroid Day! And to celebrate, Euronews looks at two missions launching into space that will see how potentially dangerous asteroids could be nudged off course by flying a spacecraft into them.

Travel News

The world's first space travel agency has opened in the UK

Holiday in space anyone? This can be your chance to book a stratospheric and unique trip.

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.

World News

ISS astronauts make second spacewalk to fit new solar panels

Astronauts working on the International Space Station have made their second attempt in a week at installing powerful new solar arrays.

Mobility

China releases images taken by its Zhurong rover on Mars

China is the second country to land and operate a spacecraft on Mars, after the United States.

Health news

Can virtual reality tours improve nursing home residents’ health?

Can virtual reality improve the lives of seniors? Transporting elderly people to Paris, Egypt or outer space using virtual reality could be the key to improving their emotional well-being.

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

The space telescope that might unlock the secrets of the universe

NASA’s new telescope will probe the history of our cosmos and whether there is life out there in the universe when it's launched in October.

USA

From Gaza to Nasa

From Gaza to NASA - the Palestinian engineer working on the Mars project team

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.

World

Space-aged wine could sell for $ 1 million after spending time on ISS

Christie’s, the London auction house, is selling a bottle of French wine that spent more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station.

USA

Four astronauts on Elon Musk's SpaceX capsule dock at space station

This was SpaceX’s third crew flight for NASA.

World News

SpaceX rocket lifts-off as French astronaut heads to ISS

The SpaceX launch, delayed from Thursday due to poor weather, will deliver four astronauts to the International Space Station with a recycled capsule and rocket.

Mobility

Watch NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter take its first flight on Mars

NASA made history today in pulling off the first controlled, powered flight of an aircraft on another planet. The Ingenuity helicopter travelled to the Red Planet attached to the underside of the Perseverance Rover which landed on Mars in February of this year.

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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.