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Firm plans to build upside-down skyscraper
Mar 29, 2017The 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 Mar 19, 2017NASA partner Lockheed Martin is planning an ambitious mission to put astronauts into orbit around Mars.
X-37B space plane is nearing orbital record
Mar 17, 2017The 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
Mar 12, 2017A new radar technique has made it possible to locate a derelict spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.
Orbiting lunar 'spaceport' planned for 2020s
Mar 11, 2017A 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
Feb 9, 2017A 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
Feb 6, 2017The experimental tether had been designed to help solve the problem of space junk in Earth's orbit.
Legendary astronaut John Glenn dies aged 95
Dec 9, 2016Glenn 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
Dec 7, 2016Scientists 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 Nov 30, 2016The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has returned a set of high-quality test photographs from the Red Planet.
Scientists discover huge ice deposit on Mars
Nov 23, 2016NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified an ice deposit with more water than Lake Superior.
NASA astronaut cast his vote while in space
Nov 14, 2016Being high up above the planet didn't stop astronaut Shane Kimbrough from casting his vote last week.
Cis-lunar space station could replace ISS
Nov 5, 2016There are plans to build an ambitious new space station around the Moon within the next two decades.
Could a dead astronaut spread life to Mars ?
Oct 30, 2016If an astronaut dies in space, could their body eventually go on to spread microbes to other planets ?
ExoMars lander may have exploded on impact
Oct 21, 2016It looks like the Schiaparelli lander slammed in to the Martian surface after its landing system failed.
Two 'moonlets' found in orbit around Uranus
Oct 18, 201630-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 Oct 13, 2016This tiny, distant world is believed to take up to 1,140 years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.
Is there extraterrestrial life on Proxima b ?
Oct 8, 2016Scientists believe that a nearby extrasolar planet is 'likely' to be capable of supporting alien life.
ExoMars spacecraft is nearing its destination
VIDEO Oct 7, 2016ESA's two-part ExoMars spacecraft is comprised of both the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli lander.
Cassini probe begins its final year at Saturn
Sep 21, 2016NASA's highly successful spacecraft will soon be getting up close and personal with the gas giant itself.
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