The DNA managed to survive being painted on to the outside of a rocket and blasted in to space.
A lamb chop on a fork was sent in to suborbital space as part of a bizarre new book promotion exercise.
Researchers are investigating the viability of growing enough food in space to sustain long missions.
The world's first zero-gravity 3D printer has now been set up inside one of the station's science labs.
Speculation is rife over the purpose of a secretive Russian spacecraft currently orbiting the planet.
Rosetta's companion spacecraft has made history today by touching down on the surface of a comet.
The space station performed an emergency maneuver last month to avoid a piece of orbiting debris.
A passenger on an airliner flying over Iranian airspace managed to capture footage of a strange object.
The European Space Agency has outlined its concept for a habitable moon base built by an automated robot.
NASA's successor to the space shuttles will be undertaking its first test flight in December.
The space telescope has photographed the eerie remnants of long dead stars in a distant galaxy cluster.
The company's SpaceShipTwo vehicle exploded over the Mojave desert following an 'in-flight anomaly'.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of sunlight glinting on Titan's hydrocarbon oceans.
A US rocket bound for the International Space Station has exploded just seconds after launching.
A new study has shown that spending time in space can affect both male and female reproductive organs.
Felix Baumgartner's record breaking jump has been beaten in secret by Google executive Alan Eustace.
The evolutionary biologist has suggested sending a record of our civilization out in to space.
Sending humans in to space is set to become more difficult due to cosmic radiation exposure.
The secretive aircraft will be landing in California after being on a mission that lasted two years.
Researchers in Singapore have come up with a battery that can recharge within the space of a few minutes.