The new launcher will be the most powerful ever built, capable of taking humans to the Moon and Mars.
A massive glacier in Greenland has broken up almost completely within the space of just two years.
NASA's Juno spacecraft has taken a photograph of the Earth from six million miles away.
The International Space Station may soon become unmanned following the recent Soyuz crash.
Salad and vegetables could be grown on board the first spacecraft to carry humans to Mars.
NASA's experimental "Robonaut" has been successfully powered up on the International Space Station.
Scientists have proposed a spacecraft that could prevent an asteroid from colliding with the Earth.
The European Space Agency have announced that they are planning a manned trip to Mars with Russia.
Russia has revealed plans for an orbiting space hotel that is due to open as early as 2016.
The amount of debris in orbit is posing an ever greater risk to spacecraft and the environment.
Scientists have confirmed that components of DNA have been found in meteorites from space.
David Mackay will be flying tourists in to space on Virgin's sub-orbital space flights within two years.
NASA's new Juno spacecraft is set to begin a five year voyage to Jupiter later this week.
As NASA's shuttle program ends other countries are moving forward with their own spaceflight plans.
Two teams of astronomers have located an immense reservoir of water in the far reaches of the universe.
The space shuttle Atlantis has successfully touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has taken a stunning close-up photograph of the asteroid it now orbits.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has become the first probe ever to orbit an object in the asteroid belt.
Space shuttle Atlantis has launched successfully from Cape Canaveral for the very last time.
The last ever space shuttle launch is likely to be delayed due to rain and thunderstorms in Florida.