Elon Musk's private space firm is aiming to land a spacecraft on the Red Planet within just two years.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has picked up particles of dust originating from outside our solar system.
Europe and Russia are launching a joint mission next week to land a spacecraft on the surface of Mars.
A new type of propulsion system could see lasers being used to 'push' a spacecraft up to great speeds.
The Soyuz spacecraft has successfully arrived at the station following a tense manual docking maneuver.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to embark on its closest and most daring flyby of the moon to date.
An ambitious new mission aims to send a spacecraft to pick up samples collected by NASA's Mars rover.
The Dawn spacecraft has managed to take a closer look at the anomaly that it spotted earlier this year.
The Rosetta spacecraft has captured the moment a dramatic jet of dust and gas erupted from comet 67P.
NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft will be arriving in orbit around Jupiter in around 12 months' time.
Just 10 days away from reaching Pluto the spacecraft has suffered an unexplained communications failure.
The Rosetta spacecraft has found what appears to be patches of ice on the surface of comet 67P.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has identified an anomalous structure on the surface of the dwarf planet.
The approaching spacecraft has snapped photographs of what appears to be polar ice on the dwarf planet.
After more than a decade in space NASA's Messenger spacecraft has ended its mission with a bang.
The spacecraft is now set to spend the next 16 months studying the largest object in the asteroid belt.
The ill-fated spacecraft disappeared without a trace after reaching Mars more than ten years ago.
The long-running NASA spacecraft will soon become the first ever to visit this distant, icy world.
NASA's explorary orbiter is due to go in to orbit around the enigmatic dwarf planet in March 2015.
NASA's successor to the space shuttles landed safely earlier today after embarking on its maiden voyage.