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EU bids to boost Europe's connectivity with 600 low-orbit satellites

The EU wants to launch 600 new low-orbit satellites into space to enhance communication and connectivity for European citizens.

13/01/2021

Travel News

In pictures: NASA's top Earth photographs of 2020

Here's a selection of the best photographs of our planet from 2020, taken by astronauts at the International Space Station.

12/01/2021

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

03/01/2021

World News

2020 wasn't a great year on Earth - but what about in space?

With so much of the planet's population stuck at home for large parts of the year, 2020 has at least been a good one for looking up at the sky and taking in the wonders of the cosmos.

28/12/2020

World News

The Great Conjunction: Jupiter and Saturn align closest in centuries

The planets pass each other in their respective orbits around the Sun every 20 Earth years, they haven't been this close in the sky since 1623.

21/12/2020

Chile

Total solar eclipse wows crowds across Latin America

Thousands travelled across Chile and Argentina to catch a glimpse of the celestial event which won't be seen again until 2048.

15/12/2020

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Russia successfully test-launches Angara-5 space rocket

It blasted off from Plesetsk cosmodrome in northwest Russia on Monday.

14/12/2020

Russia

Russia completes second successful test launch of Angara A5 rocket

Russia has successfully launched its Angara A5 rocket, the second successful test flight of the rocket officials said.

14/12/2020

USA

SpaceX’s Starship test flight explodes on touchdown

An unmanned test flight for SpaceX’s Starship, a rocketship Elon Musk hopes will carry people to Mars, ended in a spectacular explosion upon touchdown on Wednesday night.

10/12/2020

World News

NASA recruits companies to collect moon rock for as little as $1

The contracts are primarily intended to set a legal precedent for the exploitation of extraterrestrial resources by the private sector going forward.

04/12/2020

World News

Astronomers produce most detailed 3D map yet of the Milky Way

The first accurate 3D map of the Milky Way has been unveiled by the European Space Agency which could help shed fresh light on the Galaxy.

03/12/2020

Latvia

Latvian technology could one day prevent asteroids from hitting Earth

Latvia's space technology tradition dates back to Soviet times when Sputnik - the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth - was launched in 1957.

02/12/2020

China

China's space probe will bring rocks back to Earth from the moon

It will be the first time samples from the moon have been brought back to Earth since the 1970s.

02/12/2020

Switzerland

Europe signs €86 million deal to bring space trash home

The European Space Agency said on Thursday that the deal with ClearSpace SA will lead to the "first active debris removal mission in 2025".

26/11/2020

Green News

Why has the UK Space Agency won an award for sustainability?

The Agency has been honoured for its International Partnership Programme.

07/11/2020

World News

NASA spacecraft leaking asteroid samples into space

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft has collected too much material from the asteroid Bennu, millions of miles from Earth, and it is now spilling its contents into space.

24/10/2020

World News

Astronaut and cosmonauts return after mission launched during pandemic

An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after a six-month mission in space, launched in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.

22/10/2020

World News

Spacecraft touches asteroid's surface in mission to grab rock sample

Flight controllers declare success in NASA mission to collect material from an asteroid 200 million miles from planet Earth using the Osiris-Rex spacecraft

20/10/2020

World News

‘How’s the signal up there?’: Nokia to bring 4G to the moon

Nokia says it will build a 4G communications system for the moon, as part of NASA’s plan to establish a long-term human presence there

19/10/2020

World News

Chief astronaut swaps space trip for daughter's wedding

Veteran astronaut Christopher Ferguson has swapped a trip to space to make sure he can make his daughter's wedding

08/10/2020