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Ted Cruz warns about dangers of space pirates
May 24, 2019The US Senator maintains that Trump's Space Force will be needed to protect spacecraft from marauders.
Jeff Bezos unveils 'Blue Moon' lunar lander
VIDEO May 14, 2019Blue Origin's billionaire founder has unveiled a new spacecraft designed to touch down on the Moon.
Japanese probe detonates 'bomb' on asteroid
VIDEO Apr 7, 2019The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft has detonated an explosive charge on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.
Crew Dragon launches on first flight to ISS
VIDEO Mar 2, 2019The unmanned test flight brings NASA one step closer to being able to launch its own crewed missions again.
Space harpoon snags space junk in orbit
VIDEO Feb 17, 2019A spacecraft has successfully demonstrated how a harpoon can be used to clean up Earth's orbit.
New mission to explore origins of the cosmos
VIDEO Feb 16, 2019NASA is planning to launch a new near-infrared space observatory that will collect data on 300 million galaxies.
First close-up snaps of asteroid Bennu released
Jan 30, 2019NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has captured detailed images of the potentially hazardous asteroid.
Steam-powered space probe could work forever
Jan 22, 2019Scientists have developed a prototype for a steam-powered spacecraft that can refuel itself with water.
Cotton seeds have started growing on the Moon
Jan 15, 2019In a world first, seeds carried to the Moon aboard China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft have actually started to sprout.
First ever image from Moon's far side revealed
VIDEO Jan 3, 2019China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft has made history by being the first ever to touch down on the far side of the Moon.
Starship prototype could fly within months
Dec 25, 2018SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has provided a sneak peak of the firm's prototype interplanetary Starship spacecraft.
Voyager 2 has now entered interstellar space
VIDEO Dec 10, 2018NASA has confirmed that the probe has become the second spacecraft ever to leave the heliosphere.
NASA's InSight lander records the Martian wind
VIDEO Dec 7, 2018NASA has released the first ever recording of the wind buffeting a spacecraft on the surface of Mars.
China to venture to the far side of the Moon
VIDEO Dec 6, 2018China's latest space mission will, for the first time, see a spacecraft attempt to land on the Moon's far side.
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.
Mission to the Sun will launch on August 4th
VIDEO Jul 6, 2018NASA's $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe will be venturing closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history.
New Horizons ready to explore the Kuiper Belt
Jun 10, 2018Following its visit to Pluto back in 2015, the spacecraft has been on its way to Kuiper belt object MU69.
Probe to study solar system's protective bubble
Jun 4, 2018NASA is launching a spacecraft to study the heliosphere - a bubble which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Planet-hunting probe captures first image
VIDEO May 20, 2018NASA's new spacecraft has returned a breathtaking two-second exposure which features over 200,000 stars.
New evidence of geysers on Europa discovered
VIDEO May 15, 2018Decades-old data from the Galileo spacecraft has all-but confirmed the presence of geysers on Jupiter's icy moon.
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