The bizarre plan would see the world's tallest building being hung upside-down from an orbiting asteroid.
NASA partner Lockheed Martin is planning an ambitious mission to put astronauts into orbit around Mars.
The US Air Force's mysterious space plane is on track to break the mission duration record of 674 days.
A new radar technique has made it possible to locate a derelict spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.
A space station could be placed in cis-lunar orbit to act as a stepping-stone towards a trip to Mars.
A new joint mission will see astronauts orbiting the Moon for the first time in over four decades.
The experimental tether had been designed to help solve the problem of space junk in Earth's orbit.
Glenn became a national hero back in 1962 when he became the first American ever to orbit the Earth.
Scientists have been attempting to work out how long it will take for us to gain an extra hour per day.
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has returned a set of high-quality test photographs from the Red Planet.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified an ice deposit with more water than Lake Superior.
Being high up above the planet didn't stop astronaut Shane Kimbrough from casting his vote last week.
There are plans to build an ambitious new space station around the Moon within the next two decades.
If an astronaut dies in space, could their body eventually go on to spread microbes to other planets ?
It looks like the Schiaparelli lander slammed in to the Martian surface after its landing system failed.
30-year-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft has revealed the presence of two hidden moons.
This tiny, distant world is believed to take up to 1,140 years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.
Scientists believe that a nearby extrasolar planet is 'likely' to be capable of supporting alien life.
ESA's two-part ExoMars spacecraft is comprised of both the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli lander.
NASA's highly successful spacecraft will soon be getting up close and personal with the gas giant itself.