In a time of gender prejudice, these women were denied the chance to fly into space, despite their obvious and remarkable capabilities

In a time of gender prejudice, these women were denied the chance to fly into space, despite their obvious and remarkable capabilities
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will soon make history with the first all-female spacewalk, approximately commencing at 11:50 GMT (6:50 ET) on 18 October 2019
We answer the question of why the stars are hidden in pictures taken from space
The Space Launch System megarocket will eventually take humans back to the Moon in 2024
Spacecraft designers and operators need to be proactive, a new organisation argues
Liftoff is targeted for 17 December 2019
How one dog went from being a stray on the streets of Moscow to the first animal to orbit the Earth
Crew Dragon is nearly ready to go
commercial companies could build their own space stations and utilise the unique environment of low-Earth orbit
2020 is a more likely target
The space probe has released its fourth, and final, rover onto the asteroid’s surface at a different height from the others
The maverick astronaut who became known to many as the Comeback Kid
The landmark orbital flight will likely be made by the fourth or fifth full-size Starship prototype
Blue Origin and SpaceX are among the winners
The Starship Mk1 will be 50 metres (165 feet) tall and weigh 1,270 tonnes (1,400 tons) when fuelled
The space agency have called for a new space suit to compliment their Artemis program
The organisation want to rehash an old mission concept for planetary defence, instead of the initially-intended science aims
Why have scientists and engineers invested so much time, effort and money into a mission to a nearby asteroid?
Find out what happens when a spacecraft manages to break through the atmosphere
We could send a spacecraft to Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), but it wouldn’t be easy