Missions
The latest news from the spacecraft helping us explore the cosmos, and the historical missions that paved the way.
NASA performs Mars Ingenuity helicopter accident investigation
NASA delays Artemis II and III until 2026, 2027
Astronaut Don Pettit's best images
NASA Europa Clipper will search for signs of life at Jupiter's icy moon.
NASA's Europa Clipper launches on its way to study Jupiter's icy moon
The launch of Europa Clipper will see a new chapter in the exploration of this icy moon.
ESA Hera mission
The European Space Agency's Hera and DART missions will attempt to impact a near-Earth object and alter its path.
Gallery | Pictures of Earth from space
Restored images of Earth captured during the Apollo missions cast new light on the fragility of our planet.
"Totally awesome to see a comet from orbit". Astronauts photograph Comet C/2023 A3 from the Space Station
James Webb Space Telescope | See the latest images
See the latest full colour images to be released by the JWST.
James Webb Space Telescope | How will JWST observe the Universe?
What will NASA's James Webb Space Telescope do, and how does it compare to the Hubble Space Telescope?
May the course be with you! From Moon golf to Space Station baseball, a mini history of the ultimate away game
See that blue dot? That's us. Planet Earth and Martian moon Phobos photographed by a rover on the Red Planet
Hubble at 30 | Marking 3 decades of the famous telescope
Jenny Winder looks at how the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionised our view of the Universe over the last 30 years.
Interview | ESA parastronaut John McFall
Rare artefacts from Apollo and the history of space flight on display at the UK's Space Vault exhibition
One of the largest private collections of space artefacts in the UK is currently on display at the River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames. Curator Dr Michael Warner reveals why he put the exhibition together
Artemis-enabled STellar Imager (AeSI)
Now might be the time to plan for an observatory on the lunar surface.
NASA is developing robots that will swim beneath Antarctic ice and measure how quickly it's melting
NASA's Jupiter moon mission has been given its solar arrays, and it's now bigger than a basketball court
Europa Clipper needs huge solar arrays to power it within the cold darkness of Jupiter's shadow.
Fancy a lunar stroll? This is how long it would take to walk around the Moon
It may not be long before space tourism is here. Assuming lunar walking tours become popular, how long would it take to walk around the Moon?
Japan is sending a spacecraft to Mars's moons and returning a sample for study back on Earth
Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration is a daring mission to moon Phobos that will bring back the first-ever samples from the Mars system.
Juice spacecraft captures images of our home planet during the first ever Earth-Moon flyby
New private satellite telescope to study distant stars and habitable worlds gets scheduled launch date
New satellite equipped with telescope will study distant stars and exoplanets.
No, NASA didn't waste millions developing a pen for space while the Russians used a pencil. Here's what really happened
Do pens work in space? And did NASA really spend millions on a space pen when a pencil would have done?
All you need to know about NASA's Psyche mission to study an asteroid up-close
A guide to NASA's Psyche mission, which will study a metal-rich asteroid up-close.