There are plans to build an ambitious new space station around the Moon within the next two decades.
Experts have warned that SpaceX's plan to fuel rockets while astronauts are on board could prove fatal.
If an astronaut dies in space, could their body eventually go on to spread microbes to other planets ?
Seven decades ago, scientists in new Mexico took the first ever pictures of our planet from outer space.
EmDrive inventor Roger Shawyer has received a new patent for the next version of his 'impossible' engine.
30-year-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft has revealed the presence of two hidden moons.
Referred to as the 'first nation state in space', Asgardia will seek to safeguard the entire planet.
Astronauts embarking on missions in to deep space could be at an increased risk of developing dementia.
ESA's two-part ExoMars spacecraft is comprised of both the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli lander.
The United Nations has revealed that it will be launching a global collaborative spaceflight project.
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has gone out in a blaze of glory by deliberately colliding with comet 67P.
Elon Musk has outlined his extraordinarily ambitious plans to make mankind an interplanetary species.
The space agency is set to hold a press conference on Monday to announce its latest Hubble findings.
NASA's highly successful spacecraft will soon be getting up close and personal with the gas giant itself.
Despite its recent setback, the private space firm still has its sights set firmly on the future.
The European Space Agency has unveiled a map of our galaxy charting the positions of 1.1 billion stars.
The privately-funded space firm founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos has revealed two huge new rockets.
The $1 billion space probe is set to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to the Earth.
The Rosetta spacecraft has finally managed to locate its companion probe on the surface of comet 67P.
NASA's mysterious electromagnetic propulsion engine has managed to pass a rigorous peer review process.