Missions

The latest news from the spacecraft helping us explore the cosmos, and the historical missions that paved the way.

A selfie captured by the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

A history of the Curiosity rover’s mission on Mars

Artist's impression of China's Tiangong space station. Credit: Adrian Mann/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images

Meet Tiangong, China’s first long-term space station

James Webb Space Telescope image of the Cartwheel Galaxy

James Webb Space Telescope See JWST's incredible first images of the cosmos

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Radio Astronomy Podcast A new era for human spaceflight?

Artist's impression of solar orbiter and parker solar probe studying the sun

Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter are observing our Sun like never before

Can astronauts survive radiation on Mars? Credit: cokada / Getty Images

How astronauts can hide from radiation on Mars

An artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA

James Webb Space Telescope How will JWST observe the Universe?

Eileen Collins - the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle, pictured onboard Discovery during the STS-63 mission, 3 February 1995. Credit: NASA

How do astronauts write in space?

A view of Mars captured by the UAE Hope Probe

Hope probe’s global map of Mars

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How the LunaH-Map mission will map ice at the Moon’s south pole

A view of the Sun captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft during perihelion, the spacecraft's closest point to the Sun in its orbit. Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team

Solar Orbiter See the spacecraft's brand new close-up images of our Sun

A view of Saturn captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 2 January 2010 from about 2.3 million km away. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Solar System images have the power to transport us to other worlds

Space junk is the name given to spent satellites and other debris in orbit around Earth. Credit: janiecbros / Getty Images

What is space junk and why is it a big problem?

A replica ExoMars rover during a test drive around the Mars Terrain Simulator at ALTEC, Turin, Italy. Credit: ESA/Thales Alenia Space

Rosalind Franklin Rover launch suspended over war in Ukraine

Artist's impression showing NASA's Lunar Gateway and the Orion spacecraft at the Moon as part of the Artemis programme

How NASA’s Artemis programme will return humans to the Moon