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NASA and ESA to send humans to the Moon
Feb 9, 2017A new joint mission will see astronauts orbiting the Moon for the first time in over four decades.
Astronaut throws a football 564,664 yards
VIDEO Feb 5, 2017Astronaut Tim Kopra made the record-breaking pass aboard the space station to mark the 2017 Super Bowl.
Dark streaks on Venus could be alien microbes
Jan 12, 2017Scientists are keen to launch a mission to Venus to investigate mysterious dark streaks in its clouds.
NASA announces two new asteroid missions
Jan 8, 2017Known as Lucy and Psyche, the new spacecraft will be studying two relics of the early solar system.
NASA announces new X-ray space telescope
Jan 5, 2017A budget of $188 million has been assigned to the new mission which will be launching within three years.
ISS astronauts do the Mannequin Challenge
VIDEO Dec 30, 2016The viral phenomenon has managed to make its way in to the zero-gravity environment of outer space.
Mystery surrounds woman's missing legs
Dec 26, 2016A photograph of six women sitting on a sofa has gone viral online due to a rather peculiar abnormality.
Astronauts celebrate Christmas aboard ISS
VIDEO Dec 25, 2016Being 250 miles above the Earth hasn't stopped the space station crew from joining in with the festivities.
Jedi 'not a religion' says charity commission
Dec 20, 2016The Temple of the Jedi Order has failed in its latest bid to be recognized as a religious organization.
Actual dinosaur tail found preserved in amber
Dec 8, 2016The unprecedented 99 million-year-old specimen contains preserved bones, soft tissues and feathers.
Mars One delays first manned mission to Mars
Dec 8, 2016The Netherlands-based firm has pushed back its ambitious plans by several years due to funding issues.
'Breakthrough' will make chocolate healthier
VIDEO Dec 1, 2016Swiss food giant Nestle has found a way to reduce sugar in chocolate by 40% without affecting the taste.
New mission aims to revisit Apollo 17 site
Nov 30, 2016The privately-funded endeavour aims to revisit the lunar rover left behind by the Apollo 17 astronauts.
Astronaut tasked with repairing ISS toilets
Nov 28, 2016One of Thomas Pesquet's first tasks aboard the space station wasn't quite what he was hoping for.
Scientists discover huge ice deposit on Mars
Nov 23, 2016NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified an ice deposit with more water than Lake Superior.
WWII shipwrecks are mysteriously vanishing
Nov 17, 2016Three shipwrecks dating back to World War II have completely disappeared from the bottom of the Java Sea.
NASA astronaut cast his vote while in space
Nov 14, 2016Being high up above the planet didn't stop astronaut Shane Kimbrough from casting his vote last week.
Has lost Cold War nuke finally been found ?
Nov 7, 2016A diver believes that he may have discovered a missing nuclear weapon at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.
Cis-lunar space station could replace ISS
Nov 5, 2016There are plans to build an ambitious new space station around the Moon within the next two decades.
Could a dead astronaut spread life to Mars ?
Oct 30, 2016If an astronaut dies in space, could their body eventually go on to spread microbes to other planets ?
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