Missions
The latest news from the spacecraft helping us explore the cosmos, and the historical missions that paved the way.
Katy Perry and all-female astronaut crew back on Earth after successfully completing trip into space
A history of spacewalks
What does it sound like on Mars?
What Perseverance found at Jezero Crater, where it's going next
Did you see a strange spiral cloud in the sky last night? It was likely a SpaceX rocket, says the UK Met Office
NASA New Horizons measures how dark the Universe really is
Voyager 2 low-energy charged particle instrument switch-off
Hera spacecraft images of Mars moon Deimos
ESA Hera mission
The European Space Agency's Hera and DART missions will attempt to impact a near-Earth object and alter its path.
James Webb Space Telescope | See the latest images
See the latest full colour images to be released by the JWST.
SpaceX Starship flight explodes after liftoff, 7 March 2025
Photographer captures Gaia spacecraft from his back garden
Elon Musk plans to put humans on Mars But could humans really survive the journey?
The journey to put human feet on Mars is going to be a long one, so what might be the effects on the human body and mind as astronauts travel to the Red Planet?
Habitable Worlds Observatory
NASA’s Perseverance rover reaches top of Jezero Crater’s rim
Comet C/2024 G3 | Astronomer captures comet from the Space Station
When will humans get back to the Moon, and why has it taken so long to get there?
Happy New Year space fans! Here are the biggest spaceflight and stargazing events in 2025
Eggnog is out! Here's how astronauts really spend Christmas in space
Apollo 8 | The Christmas mission to the Moon
On Christmas Eve 1968, the first mission to the Moon changed how we view our home planet forever.
Buzz Aldrin on spacewalking, landing on the Moon and the future of spaceflight. Interview with the Apollo 11 astronaut
We speak to Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin about his life, the legacy of the moonlandings and humanity's future in space.