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X-37B returns after two-year secret mission
5-7-2017 |
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The US Air Force's mysterious space plane has landed in Florida after spending nearly two years in orbit.
ISS may be de-orbited over the South Pacific
5-7-2017 | 26
Scientists at NASA have been drawing up plans for the demolition of the International Space Station.
SpaceX launches secretive US spy satellite
VIDEO 5-1-2017 | 11
The private space firm succeeded in sending a top secret US military satellite in to orbit this morning.
Cassini probe prepares for its 'grand finale'
4-5-2017 | 9
NASA's long-lived Cassini spacecraft will soon begin its first in a series of final orbits around Saturn.
Firm plans to build upside-down skyscraper
3-29-2017 | 27
The bizarre plan would see the world's tallest building being hung upside-down from an orbiting asteroid.
Mars Base Camp mission could launch by 2028
VIDEO 3-19-2017 | 2
NASA partner Lockheed Martin is planning an ambitious mission to put astronauts into orbit around Mars.
X-37B space plane is nearing orbital record
3-17-2017 | 3
The US Air Force's mysterious space plane is on track to break the mission duration record of 674 days.
Missing Moon probe found after eight years
3-12-2017 | 2
A new radar technique has made it possible to locate a derelict spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.
Orbiting lunar 'spaceport' planned for 2020s
3-11-2017 | 6
A space station could be placed in cis-lunar orbit to act as a stepping-stone towards a trip to Mars.
NASA and ESA to send humans to the Moon
2-9-2017 | 5
A new joint mission will see astronauts orbiting the Moon for the first time in over four decades.
Japan's space junk tether fails to deploy
2-6-2017 | 8
The experimental tether had been designed to help solve the problem of space junk in Earth's orbit.
New photograph shows the Earth from Mars
1-9-2017 | 11
NASA has recently published a stunning new photograph taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Legendary astronaut John Glenn dies aged 95
12-9-2016 | 16
Glenn became a national hero back in 1962 when he became the first American ever to orbit the Earth.
Earth to see 25-hour days as rotation slows
12-7-2016 | 10
Scientists have been attempting to work out how long it will take for us to gain an extra hour per day.
New Mars satellite returns first photographs
VIDEO 11-30-2016 | 6
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has returned a set of high-quality test photographs from the Red Planet.
Scientists discover huge ice deposit on Mars
11-23-2016 | 5
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified an ice deposit with more water than Lake Superior.
Two 'moonlets' found in orbit around Uranus
10-18-2016 | 5
30-year-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft has revealed the presence of two hidden moons.
New dwarf planet found beyond orbit of Pluto
VIDEO 10-13-2016 | 24
This tiny, distant world is believed to take up to 1,140 years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.
ExoMars spacecraft is nearing its destination
VIDEO 10-7-2016 | 6
ESA's two-part ExoMars spacecraft is comprised of both the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli lander.
Mystery beach orbs are actually sea potatoes
8-20-2016 | 2
Odd baseball-like objects found washed up on British beaches have turned out to be a type of sea urchin.
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