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Space Exploration

Heroes of Space: Sally Ride

Why the first American woman in space will be remembered forever.

Space Exploration

NASA Parker Solar Probe blasts off for mission to ‘touch the Sun’

Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, the car-sized spacecraft launched from Florida to begin its journey

FutureTech

Parker Solar Probe: NASA’s Sun-skimming spacecraft

Things are heating up at NASA as Solar Probe Plus prepares to take a plunge into the Sun

Space Exploration

Kepler finds 80 exoplanet candidates in astonishing record time

The haul includes a particular standout: a likely planet that orbits the star HD 73344, which would be the brightest planet host ever discovered by the mission

Image of the surface of Mercury Solar System

Could a human survive on the surface of Mercury?

How hospitable is Mercury to life?

Space Exploration

Watch LIVE: NASA launches its mission to Mars

Wherever you are in the world, don’t miss the blast off of NASA’s InSight by tuning into our livestream

Space Exploration

NASA gets stuck into building its next Mars rover

In just a few years, one of the space agency’s next big missions will be flying to the Red Planet

Space Exploration

NASA needs you! Help nickname New Horizons’ next flyby target

The team behind the Pluto mission is looking for your ideas on what to informally name its next flyby destination, a billion miles past the dwarf planet

Space Exploration

Goodbye, LISA Pathfinder: ESA deactivates gravitational wave mission

The spacecraft has been switched off as planned on the evening of 18 July, ending its successful mission which surpassed all expectations

News

Sir Trevor McDonald interviews first astronauts to land on MARS

The newsreader spoke with the Daedalus crew, days before they became the first men and women to head for the Red Planet

Space Exploration

Watch LIVE: Rosetta’s grand finale as orbiter heads for comet crash

The spacecraft will join lander Philae on the surface of Comet 67P, bringing its 13 year mission to a close

News

Rosetta mission to descend on comet’s active pits

The thrilling mission will culminate with a descent on 30 September towards a region of active pits on 67P’s ‘head’

News

Juno Update: NASA releases first images of Jupiter from spacecraft

The first-ever images of the gas giant’s north pole can now be seen

News

Rosetta solves the mystery of how comets are born

Detailed analysis of data collected by the ESA mission show that they are the ancient leftovers of early Solar System formation

Space Exploration

Watch LIVE: SpaceX launch of Eutelsat satellites from Cape Canaveral

The private space company will launch two communications satellites at approximately 10:29am ET on board a Falcon 9 rocket

News

Astronomers find small Neptunes orbiting “in step” around star

The exoplanets are nestled close to their star, orbiting in a unique resonance that has been locked in for billions of years

News

Space weather satellite gets greenlit for 2017 launch

NASA’s newest space weather research satellite, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, is on course for a summer 2017 liftoff

Competitions

EXPIRED: Win one of five signed copies of Into the Black!

As part of our 50th issue celebrations, we’ve got five copies of the best-selling aviation adventure to give away

Space Exploration

Will there be other missions to Pluto?

With the success of New Horizons, will the dwarf planet be a target for more spacecraft in the future?

News

Cassini gets closest ever views of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

NASA’s spacecraft has begun returning its best-ever views of the northern extremes of Saturn’s icy, ocean-bearing moon

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