Missions
The latest news from the spacecraft helping us explore the cosmos, and the historical missions that paved the way.
Space elevators could one day exist, transporting us off-Earth with the push of a button. Here's how they would work
We look at the science behind building an elevator to take us into space
Humans will evolve differently on Mars. This is how science says our bodies will transform on the Red Planet
Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist. We spoke to him about what our descendants in future settlements on the Red Planet might look like
The Moon is a death trap: These are the life-threatening dangers awaiting astronauts on the lunar surface
If we’re ever going to build a base on the Moon, we’ll need to be able to manage a range of threats to human life
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Artemis II is already changing what we know about the Moon. I'm a geologist – this is how the mission science is unlocking key lunar secrets
What Artemis II’s mission to the Moon could reveal about our lunar companion
NASA has announced the Artemis III crew. Here's what we know about the next stage in America's return to the Moon
Meet the crew of Artemis III
US space firm Blue Origin just extracted oxygen from Moon dust. Here's why it could transform spaceflight
Blue Origin's Air Pioneer device can extract oxygen from Moon dust – a development with the potential to revolutionise crewed spaceflight
Clear skies on Mars – NASA rover captures one of the sharpest panoramas of the Red Planet ever taken
Region could be some of oldest terrain the rover has ever explored
This is the radical new rocket tech that will put the whole Solar System within humanity's reach
A hundred years on since the first liquid-fuelled rocket, more advanced propulsion systems are on the drawing board to take us further into space than we’ve ever been
Blue Origin rocket explodes during test
On 28 May 2026, a New Glenn rocket built by Blue Origin exploded on its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
A Moon base, Moon buggies, hopping rovers... NASA just revealed a stack of ambitious plans to send astronauts and spacecraft to the Moon
NASA reveals plans to build a Moon base and send rovers and drones to survey the lunar South Pole for future Artemis missions
China launches astronauts on a year-long mission. The new Moon race just took a huge leap forward
China eyes Moon with new launch. Latest mission includes a planned year-long stay in orbit and dozens of scientific experiments
A NASA satellite used the full Moon to fine-tune its instruments – and accidentally created a beautiful piece of modern art
A view of the full Moon of January 2026 – the Wolf Moon – captured by the Landsat 9 satellite as part of instrument calibration
NASA's Voyager 1 probe is about to reach a distance of 1 light-day from Earth. Here's why this cosmic milestone is so huge
Voyager 1 is about to reach a huge milestone
Amazing new images of Mars captured by a spacecraft zooming past on its way to the asteroid belt
Beautiful images of the Red Planet captured by a spacecraft on its way to the asteroid belt
Think spaceflight is pointless? It might already have saved your life. Four ways space tech transformed healthcare on Earth
Discover the unexpected medical breakthroughs born from our quest to explore the cosmos
Two spacecraft photographed comet 3I/ATLAS at the same time as it flew by the Sun. Here's what they found
Comet 3I/ATLAS was imaged and studied simultaneously by the Juice and Europa Clipper spacecraft as it flew past the Sun
NASA has revealed what the Artemis III mission will look like – and says crew could be announced soon
NASA announces the preliminary outline of the Artemis III mission, including more time spent in space, docking practice and new heat shield
Strange, dark material spotted in an ancient channel on Mars, where water once flowed 3.5 billion years ago
Shalbatana Vallis, near Mars’s equator, is 800 miles long
A large section of a Space X rocket is about to smash into the Moon. Here's what we know so far
A Falcon 9 upper stage is due to hit the Moon on 5 August 2026 and will be travelling 5,400 miles an hour when it hits
Help! This NASA rover just got a large Martian rock stuck to the end of its arm
NASA's Curiosity rover got the drill on one of its arms stuck on a large rock on Mars, warranting attempts to knock the rock free
NASA rover captures weird 'spiderwebs' on Mars, giving scientists fresh hope of finding ancient life on the Red Planet
The water needed for sustaining life could have lasted much longer on Mars than thought
NASA is flying helicopters on distant moons and planets. Welcome to a new era of Solar System exploration
Katrin Raynor reveals how Ingenuity’s triumph on Mars opened up a bold new era of flight on other worlds
Light-powered spaceships could get to our nearest star in 20 years. Fiction? Scientists say it could become fact
Could light-powered spacecraft be humanity's saviour?
Scientists say dangerous, glass-like Moon dust could be vital for building habitats on the lunar surface
Engineers say dangerous Moon dust could be used for building habitats and other infrastructure on the surface of the Moon
