Sci-Tech

'Commencing countdown' astronauts prepare for blast off

French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is going for a swim, but this is one dip with a difference. Pesquet is taking his last training session in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Cente

29 September 2016

China

China's second space lab blasts off from Gobi desert

It’s lift off for China’s second prototype space station.

15 September 2016

Sci-Tech

Philae: a space odyssey with a happy end

After nearly two years missing in action, Rosetta's small lander Philae has finally been located in a shadowed spot on the comet 67-P - also known as Churyumov Gerasimenko - just three weeks before th

8 September 2016

USA

Is anyone out there? Mysterious radio signal sparks alien speculation

A mysterious radio signal picked up by a Russian telescope was probably not sent by aliens but astronomers in California are checking it out, anyway.

31 August 2016

Sci-Tech

NASA's latest launch - to bring back 'scientific treasure'

NASA is counting down to their OSIRIS-REx mission (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer), aimed at bringing samples back from a near-Earth…

24 August 2016

USA

Commercial space tourism moves closer to reality as Virgin Galactic gets FAA licence

Richard Branson’s dream of commercial space tourism is a step closer to reality.

2 August 2016

Sci-Tech

How 3D-printers can take space exploration to the next level

Researchers at the European Space Agency are testing the next generation of 3D-printers to use in Space.

28 July 2016

Next Series

EGNOS - the lifesaving potential of more accurate GPS

At the Danish Air Ambulance base in Billund, satellite navigation is a true lifesaver in the sky. The air ambulance service, operated by the

15 July 2016

USA

Juno meets Jupiter as crucial orbit manoeuvre looms

It is fingers crossed time at NASA as the Juno spacecraft enters a crucial phase of its Jupiter mission.

4 July 2016

China

E.T. phone home: China eyes hunt for alien life with giant telescope

China on Sunday hoisted the final piece into position on what will be the world’s largest radio telescope, which it will use to explore space and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, state medi

4 July 2016

News

Kenya to adopt space technology for wildlife and ecosystems conservation

Kenyan policy makers and experts are rooting for the use of space technology to enhance wildlife and ecosystems management in the country.

28 June 2016

Next Series

Small sports clubs break down big broadcast barriers - with satellite technology

Dozens of Euro 2016 matches are being beamed via satellite to television sets and phones all over the world this summer.

23 June 2016

World News

Reusable rocket survives "Apollo 15 test"

The American firm Blue Origin has safely launched and landed its New Shephard rocket for the fourth time, describing the mission test as ‘impeccable’.

19 June 2016

Culture news

Couture in Orbit: from spacewalk to catwalk

Fashion inspired by space was the subject of an event to mark the European Space Agency’s five missions to the International Space Station over the past five…

31 May 2016

Russia

Russia launches rocket from new Vostochny cosmodrome

Russia has launched its first rocket from a new cosmodrome 24-hours after a technical glitch forced lift off to be put back, much to the annoyance of President Vladimir Putin.

28 April 2016

Russia

Technical hitch delays first rocket launch at Russian cosmodrome

Russia’s space agency has been left red faced, after a last-minute technical hitch forced it to delay the inaugural launch of a Soyuz rocket from its

27 April 2016

World News

ESA successfully launches "environment data" satellite

A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted off from Kourou in French Guiana carrying a satellite aimed at increasing our understanding of the environment

26 April 2016

World News

ESA's satellite launch postponed

Europe is set to have a new eye in sky and it is all about making life safer for all of us, says the European Space Agency. The Sentinel 1-B is

22 April 2016

Cinema

'Houston, We Have a Problem!' - docu-fiction explores space race

The cold war, the space race, and NASA’s moon landing. They were all landmark events that defined an era. Docu-fiction “Houston, We Have a Problem!”

14 April 2016

World News

International Space Station gears up for new 'space hotel'

Every few months the crew on board the International Space Station are used to receiving food, clothes, scientific and computer material, and other

6 April 2016