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France

'May the force be with vous’: France unveils space weapons plan

France wants to develop laser weapons to protect its satellites, the country's defence minister said as she outlined a new space strategy.

USA

Satellite is first 'spacecraft' to be propelled only by sun energy

A small crowdfunded satellite has become the first spacecraft to be propelled only by the energy of the sun.

India

Chandrayaan-2: India successfully launches second moon mission

It came just one week after it delayed the scheduled blast-off due to technical issues.

Kazakhstan

Astronauts prepare for takeoff on moon landing anniversary

Two NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut have taken off from Kazakhstan in a Soyuz rocket headed for the International Space Station

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USA

Next mission to the moon to be a testing ground for Mars, says NASA

A mission to Mars could come as early as 2033, Bridenstine told reporters on Monday.

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Luca Parmitano reveals unique pre-flight astronaut rituals

Astronauts are trained to think rationally, ready at any moment to respond to danger with a clear head and nerves of steel. But behind the scientific facade, they are as superstitious as the rest of us, European Space Agency Astronaut Luca Parmitano reveals.

World News

Space leaders recall how the Apollo Moon landing gave them inspiration

To celebrate the anniversary, NASA has restored the old control room from which the Apollo-era flight directors oversaw the mission. It's a place of pilgrimage for their successors.

France

Meet the French astronomers still making new discoveries thanks to the Apollo astronauts

It's 50 years since the Apollo Moon landings, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their first steps on the lunar surface. And instruments that those two astronauts placed on the Moon are still being used every day.

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See 360-degree view inside International Space Station

Panoramic images available through Google Earth show the areas inside the ISS where Luca Parmitano and his colleagues are spending six months of their Beyond mission.

USA

Watch: Neil Armstrong's spacesuit unveiled for public display

"If Neil Armstrong wasn't a hero, then there are no heroes," said US Vice President Mike Pence.

World News

Robots may reach the moon before humans return to it — NASA project

A NASA sponsored lab in Colorado, USA, is aiming to send robots to the moon to construct telescopes capable of looking back in time.

USA

Watch: Apollo 11 astronaut speaks on 50th anniversary of launch

Astronaut Michael Collins returned to the Apollo 11 launch pad on the 50th anniversary of the mission to land on the moon.

France

France's Macron announces creation of French space force

"A space command will be created next September in the air force," Macron said.

Japan

Hayabusa2 touches down on asteroid for the second time

Researchers hope that the samples collected from the asteroid will help us better understand the formation of the solar system and the evolution of our planet.

World News

Europe's Vega rocket lost after launch

A European Vega rocket carrying a satellite for the United Arab Emirates has been lost after launching on Wednesday.

World

Watch: Italian astronaut 'emotional' ahead of space station launch

In the second of his Space Chronicles astronaut Luca Parmitano tells Euronews the crew are feeling emotional as the latest International Space Station mission launch gets closer

USA

Sunlight-fuelled spacecraft 'Lightsail 2' delays sail deployment

The crowd-funded spacecraft could deploy its sail as early as July 21 after delaying it to check a system that helps the spacecraft orient itself.

USA

Former NASA intern may possess only surviving recordings of Apollo 11

Retiree Gary George interned at NASA as a college student in 1976. During his time there he purchased more than `1,100 videotapes for around $218. At the time, NASA was attempting to reduce costs by recording over or selling old videotapes.

USA

Watch: Drone will explore possibility of life on one of Saturn's moons

Before life evolved, said Nieber, the landscape on Earth was in fact quite similar to that of Titan today.

Italy

360° video: This is how engineers train to drive on Mars

In two years, Europans will land their first rover on Mars. Do you know how engineers will drive a vehicle that's more than 50,000,000 kilometres away? For this 360° report we went to the training ground in Turin to find out.