Missions

Dave Scott emerges from Apollo 9 capsule during a space walk

The Overview Effect and Apollo

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NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is during a spacewalk on the International Space Station, 28 February 2021. Credit: NASA

What’s holding humans back in space travel?

Tim Peake pictured with the toilet onboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/ESA

Astronauts’ toilet waste could be used as fuel, say scientists

An image of 'sun rays' or crepuscular rays on Mars, as seen by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on 2 February 2023. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/SSI

NASA Curiosity rover spies incredible sun rays on Mars

The crew of the ill-fated Columbia Shuttle mission. Credit: NASA

The Columbia Space Shuttle disaster

Spacecraft in outer space

Radio Astronomy Podcast Is interstellar travel possible?

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner approaches the International Space Station, 20 May 2022. Credit: Bob Hines/NASA

These are the big space missions to watch out for in 2023

Virgin Orbit spaceport cornwall launch

Virgin Orbit to launch first orbital spaceflight from UK soil tonight

17 astronaut candidates were selected for the European Space Agency's Astronaut Class of 2022. Credit: ESA - P. Sebirot

UK astronauts selected as ESA unveils 17 new astronaut candidates

Artist's impression of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube just before impact at the Didymos binary system. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

Was NASA’s DART mission a success?

Onlookers captured the moment NASA's Artemis I mission lifts off for the Moon from Kennedy Space Center, 16 November 2022. The launch marks the first step of a new programme that will eventually return human feet to the surface of the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

NASA’s Artemis I lifts off, beginning a new era of lunar exploration

NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft on the launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, 6 November 2022. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

NASA looks set to launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon tomorrow morning

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 17 August 2022, ready for the Artemis I launch. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Artemis I mission See the launch this week

Artist's impression of NASA's Lunar Gateway in orbit around the Moon, with the Orion spacecraft approaching. Credit: NASA/Alberto Bertolin

All you need to know about NASA’s Lunar Gateway

Artemis I upper stage separation of Orion module. Credit: NASA/Liam Yanulis

How the Artemis Orion spacecraft will make its first flight to the Moon