Spaceflight
A history of spacewalks
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.
How long does it really take to get to Mars?
How long would it take to drive or walk to Mars, and how long does it take actual space missions?
NASA’s new SPHEREx telescope set to reveal what happened just a fraction of a second after the Big Bang
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?
A new Space Race begins – Blue Origin’s New Glenn reaches orbit during first test flight
Watch the live as SpaceX launch two new private Moon landers – one of which is a phoenix, and the other a ghost
When will humans get back to the Moon, and why has it taken so long to get there?
The Parker Solar Probe passed closer to the Sun than any spacecraft ever before on Christmas Eve 2024
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.
The astronaut wears Prada - why the fashion house is helping to design new spacesuits for moonwalkers
Spaceflight company Axiom Space has joined forces with fashion house Prada to create the next generation of spacesuit for NASA's moonwalkers
NASA's Europa Clipper launches on its way to study Jupiter's icy moon
The launch of Europa Clipper will see a new chapter in the exploration of this icy moon.
SpaceX's Starship plucked from the air by giant chopsticks, but why did they do it?
The booster of SpaceX's Starship was captured by a pair of giant chopsticks as part of the company's efforts to make the system reusable
"Totally awesome to see a comet from orbit". Astronauts photograph Comet C/2023 A3 from the Space Station
May the course be with you! From Moon golf to Space Station baseball, a mini history of the ultimate away game
Watch the Polaris Dawn mission's spacewalk live
Watch the first ever commercial spacewalk live, as Commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialist Sarah Gillis prepare to conduct an EVA
Interview | ESA parastronaut John McFall
How long does it take to get to space?
What length of time does it take to get into space and to reach the Space Station?
Fancy a lunar stroll? This is how long it would take to walk around the Moon
It may not be long before space tourism is here. Assuming lunar walking tours become popular, how long would it take to walk around the Moon?
Japan is sending a spacecraft to Mars's moons and returning a sample for study back on Earth
Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration is a daring mission to moon Phobos that will bring back the first-ever samples from the Mars system.
Launch pad engulfed in flames as rocket explodes during test at UK’s SaxaVord spaceport
An anomaly during a test-fire at the Saxavord Spaceport resulted in the rocket exploding, though all humans escaped harm
Juice spacecraft captures images of our home planet during the first ever Earth-Moon flyby
No, NASA didn't waste millions developing a pen for space while the Russians used a pencil. Here's what really happened
Do pens work in space? And did NASA really spend millions on a space pen when a pencil would have done?