Missions
The latest news from the spacecraft helping us explore the cosmos, and the historical missions that paved the way.
How the Huygens probe landed on Saturn's largest moon Titan and captured video and images of its surface
in 2005, ESA’s probe gave us our first close look at Titan
Underground cave on the Moon near the Apollo 11 landing site could provide shelter for future astronauts
The Jupiter Juice spacecraft will fly by Earth and the Moon next month, and could be visible in the night sky
The ESA spacecraft will fly close to our planet on its way to Jupiter.
NASA's Space Shuttle: the history of the reusable spacecraft and its lasting legacy
NASA's Space Shuttle launched in 1981 and flew its final mission in 2011. Over three decades its 135 missions changed spaceflight forever.
Ramses | The mission to asteroid Apophis
What did the Venus Express mission discover at Venus?
Venus Express was the first European mission to study the inferior planet, launching in 2005 and arriving in orbit in April 2006. Here we reveal 10 discoveries made by the probe.
Buzz Aldrin has a striking vision for the long-term human exploration of Mars
He may be one of the most famous moonwalkers, but Buzz Aldrin has spent the past 30 years developing a plan to get people to Mars.
9 space stations of the future that will carry the baton once the International Space Station is deorbited
SpaceX has been assigned to build the craft that will deorbit the International Space Station
$843 million contract awarded to SpaceX to build the Deorbit Vehicle.
NASA satellite captures the famous North York Moors from space
Meet LISA, a trio of space satellites separated by 2.5 million kilometres that will detect ripples in spacetime
A new era of gravitational wave astronomy is on its way as the ambitious upcoming LISA space mission joins
a host of huge detectors on Earth.
James Webb Space Telescope | See the latest images
See the latest full colour images to be released by the JWST.
UK astronauts selected as ESA unveils 17 new astronaut candidates
The European Space Agency has announced its new class of astronaut candidates.
Meet the UK's newest astronaut. Rosemary Coogan on astronaut training and humanity's return to the Moon
Interview with Rosemary Coogen, the UK's newest ESA astronaut.
Could astronauts grow plants on the Moon? One experiment is heading to the lunar surface to find out
Who was Sally Ride? How the NASA astronaut became the first American woman in space
Astronaut Sally Ride shattered the glass ceiling when she launched on board Space Shuttle mission STS-7.
NASA says "no emergency" on the Space Station as livestream accidentally broadcasts emergency drill
Chinese Chang'e 6 spacecraft begins its journey back to Earth, and is taking a piece of the moon with it
China's Chang'e 6 sample-return Moon mission explained
China is set to return the first-ever rocks from the Moon’s far side. This is what the mission has in store.
Lift-off for Boeing Starliner's first crewed flight to the ISS. Watch its docking with the Space Station live today
NASA has gathered samples on Mars, ready to return to Earth, but now is not quite sure how to get them back
The agency is seeking novel ideas to return Perseverance’s samples to Earth.
Faulty system causes NASA to permanently change how Hubble Space Telescope points at its targets
The world's most famous space telescope will operate with only one gyroscope from now on.
How does China communicate with Chang'e 6 on the far side of the Moon? With a satellite constellation.
How do you communicate with a spacecraft when the Moon is in the way?
One small step for man... What did Neil Armstrong really say when he stepped onto the Moon?
A grammatical debate has plagued one of the most famous lines in history, ever since it was first spoken.