Missions

Artist's illustration of the Mariner 9 spacecraft, which studied Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mariner 9: the spacecraft that revealed the secrets of Mars

Yuri Gagarin inside the Vostok 1 space capsule just before the flight that would make him the first human in space. Photo: Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Radio Astronomy Podcast 60 years since Yuri Gagarin's historic flight

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, pictured in the capsule of his Vostok 1 spacecraft, 12 April 1961. Credit: Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Spaceflight history Yuri Gagarin: the first human in space

Russian rocket engineer Sergei Korolev. Credit: Keystone-France / Getty Images

Spaceflight history Who was Sergei Korolev?

Astronaut Ed White during his historic spacewalk, 3 June 1965. Credit: NASA

Spaceflight history The story of the Space Race

The seven Mercury astronauts were. From left: Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Gordon Cooper and Scott Carpenter. Credits: NASA

Spaceflight history Who were the Mercury 7?

Yuri Gagarin meeting British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at Admiralty House in London, 13 July 1961. Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

Spaceflight history When Yuri Gagarin visited Great Britain

Artist’s impression of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from asteroid Bennu. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

OSIRIS REx: NASA’s mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth

The first hi-res colour image of the surface of Mars sent back by the Hazard Camera after Perseverance's landing on 18 February 2021. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Perseverance rover’s first Mars images released by NASA

Listen to an episode of the Radio Astronomy podcast in which NASA's Jamie Bock discusses the SPHEREx mission.

Radio Astronomy Podcast How SPHEREx will track the history of the Universe

Still from a video showing the landing of Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA releases video, audio of Perseverance landing on Mars

BBC Sky at Night Magazine virtual lecture: Robots Roaming Alien Worlds

Webinar Robots Roaming Alien Worlds

Artist's impression of NASA's Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Perseverance NASA's Perseverance rover lands safely on Mars

The cupola module on the ISS. Credit: NASA

European Space Agency calls for new astronaut applicants

The Hope probe's first image of Mars, captured from an altitude of 24,700 km above the Martian surface at 20:36 UTC on 10 February 2021, one day after arriving at Mars. Credit: MBRSC/UAE Space Agency

Eye On The Sky Hope mission returns first image of Mars