Missions
The latest news from the spacecraft helping us explore the cosmos, and the historical missions that paved the way.
Think spaceflight is pointless? It might already have saved your life. Four ways space tech transformed healthcare on Earth
Discover the unexpected medical breakthroughs born from our quest to explore the cosmos
Two spacecraft photographed comet 3I/ATLAS at the same time as it flew by the Sun. Here's what they found
Comet 3I/ATLAS was imaged and studied simultaneously by the Juice and Europa Clipper spacecraft as it flew past the Sun
NASA has revealed what the Artemis III mission will look like – and says crew could be announced soon
NASA announces the preliminary outline of the Artemis III mission, including more time spent in space, docking practice and new heat shield
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Strange, dark material spotted in an ancient channel on Mars, where water once flowed 3.5 billion years ago
Shalbatana Vallis, near Mars’s equator, is 800 miles long
A large section of a Space X rocket is about to smash into the Moon. Here's what we know so far
A Falcon 9 upper stage is due to hit the Moon on 5 August 2026 and will be travelling 5,400 miles an hour when it hits
Help! This NASA rover just got a large Martian rock stuck to the end of its arm
NASA's Curiosity rover got the drill on one of its arms stuck on a large rock on Mars, warranting attempts to knock the rock free
NASA rover captures weird 'spiderwebs' on Mars, giving scientists fresh hope of finding ancient life on the Red Planet
The water needed for sustaining life could have lasted much longer on Mars than thought
NASA is flying helicopters on distant moons and planets. Welcome to a new era of Solar System exploration
Katrin Raynor reveals how Ingenuity’s triumph on Mars opened up a bold new era of flight on other worlds
Light-powered spaceships could get to our nearest star in 20 years. Fiction? Scientists say it could become fact
Could light-powered spacecraft be humanity's saviour?
Scientists say dangerous, glass-like Moon dust could be vital for building habitats on the lunar surface
Engineers say dangerous Moon dust could be used for building habitats and other infrastructure on the surface of the Moon
NASA has already rolled out the rocket for Artemis III. Now we're counting down for the 2027 mission
NASA says the Artemis III rocket core stage left Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, 20 April 2026 for shipment to Kennedy Space Center
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
NASA shuts off another Voyager science instrument to save power. The spacecraft is now 15 billion miles from Earth
NASA shuts off Voyager 1's Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, which has been operating since Voyager 1 launched in 1977
A spacecraft saw comet 3I/ATLAS skim the Sun, and scientists say it could help save Earth from being hit by an asteroid
Studies of 3I/ATLAS by the ESA Juice mission show deep-space missions could be a vital defence tool for protecting Earth
Did these historic NASA spacecraft find life on Mars – and accidentally kill it?
The Viking landers may have found organic molecules, but accidentally destroyed them
They're coming home. How to watch the Artemis II crew's splashdown live as they return to Earth tonight
Watch live as the Artemis II crew come home
"Wanted to say a couple of things to my astro sister" The Artemis II crew just spoke to astronauts on board the Space Station
The Artemis II crew and the International Space Station astronauts held a brief call during which they spoke with one another.
The Artemis II crew saw a unique type of solar eclipse visible only to them – and Venus photobombed
The Artemis II astronauts photographed their very own solar eclipse
Artemis II astronauts capture beautiful 'Earthset' image from the far side of the Moon
An image of our planet setting behind the Moon, captured by the Artemis II crew
Artemis II | Images of Earth and the Moon captured during the mission
A selection of images of Earth and the Moon captured during Artemis II
They've done it. The Artemis II crew have travelled further into space than any human being before them
The four Artemis II astronauts have smashed the previous record held by Apollo13
Watch live views of Earth and the Moon from NASA's Artemis II spacecraft as it zooms through space
How to watch the livestream from the Artemis II capsule showing real-time views of Earth and the Moon during the mission
To boldly go... There was a bit of toilet trouble on Artemis II, but it's now been resolved, says NASA
Houston, we have a (toilet) problem... And we fixed it. Here's how the crew of Artemis II tackled the problem.
Artemis II launches to the Moon. Here's how to track it on your smartphone
How to keep track of the Artemis II mission in real time
