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Virgin Galactic to fly to space 'within weeks'
Oct 9, 2018Richard Branson's fledgling space tourism firm could be heading in to space for the first time very soon.
Hubble in trouble as another gyroscope fails
Oct 8, 2018The iconic space telescope has now lost so many of its gyroscopes that it may never fully recover.
Europe's MASCOT rover dies after just one day
Oct 7, 2018The latest robotic lander to touch down on the asteroid Ryugu had only enough power to last around 17 hours.
WWII bombs sent shockwaves to edge of space
Oct 1, 2018It turns out that the devastating bombing raids of World War II damaged more than just targets on the ground.
Skull-shaped asteroid set to miss Halloween
Sep 29, 2018The unusually-shaped space rock made headlines back in 2015 when it passed the Earth on October 31st.
Rover captures video from asteroid's surface
VIDEO Sep 28, 2018Japan's space agency has revealed the first ever video footage recorded from the surface of a moving asteroid.
Elon Musk reveals image of 'Mars Base Alpha'
Sep 25, 2018The ever-ambitious entrepreneur is aiming to construct a human colony on the Red Planet by as early as 2028.
Planet-hunting probe finds two new candidates
Sep 23, 2018A mere two months after beginning operations, NASA's TESS spacecraft has found two new extrasolar worlds.
Japan makes history as rovers land on asteroid
Sep 22, 2018Japan's space agency JAXA has succeeded in landing two tiny hopping robots on the asteroid Ryugu.
SpaceX unveils identity of first Moon tourist
VIDEO Sep 18, 2018The private space firm has revealed who will be flying around the Moon aboard its upcoming BFR rocket.
'Private passenger' signs up for Moon trip
Sep 14, 2018SpaceX has announced that a mystery individual has signed up to fly around the Moon on its upcoming rocket.
FBI mysteriously evacuates space observatory
Sep 13, 2018The Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico has been shut down by the FBI under mysterious circumstances.
'Space champagne' tested out in zero gravity
VIDEO Sep 12, 2018Champagne house Mumm has developed a special twin-chambered champagne bottle for use in space.
Musk: 'We are probably living in a simulation'
Sep 10, 2018The SpaceX CEO continues to maintain that the world we see is nothing more than a computer simulation.
Japan set to test miniature space elevator
Sep 6, 2018Scientists in Japan are aiming to one day build an elevator that can carry people and cargo in to orbit.
Ion propulsion system undergoes new tests
VIDEO Sep 1, 2018A revolutionary new type of propulsion system for use in deep space missions has reached another milestone.
NASA discovers leak aboard the space station
Aug 30, 2018Astronauts have been working to locate and seal a small leak that has opened up aboard the orbiting outpost.
Mystery space plane nears one year in orbit
Aug 19, 2018The US military's mysterious X-37B has spent almost a year in space on its latest secretive mission.
Mystery Russian satellite 'could be a weapon'
VIDEO Aug 15, 2018A US State Department official has revealed that one Russian satellite is exhibiting 'very abnormal behavior'.
Pence: US Space Force to be set up by 2020
Aug 13, 2018Trump's plan to establish American dominance in space could be set in motion sooner rather than later.
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