Missions

A secondary payload to Artemis I, Lunar IceCube will map water on the Moon. Credit: NASA

How Artemis I’s CubeSats will photograph and analyse the Moon

Félicette, the first cat in space, is strapped into a launch seat to be loaded into the Veronique rocket. Credit: ina.fr/youtube.com

The story of Félicette, the first cat in space

Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson training at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, USA. Credit: NASA

How to train an astronaut

hubble space telescope. Credit: NASA

NASA and SpaceX to study boosting Hubble Space Telescope into higher orbit

On the Moon, the 60m-wide Marius Hills pit floor stays a comfy 17°C day and night. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University

Temperate Moon pits could be perfect location for human lunar bases

A close-up view of Jupiter’s Moon Europa captured during the Juno spacecraft’s flyby on 29 September 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures close view of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

The impact of NASA's DART mission into asteroid moonlet Dimorphus, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope (left) and the Hubble Space Telescope (right)

Webb and Hubble capture moment DART spacecraft crashes into its asteroid target

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft, 11 seconds before impact. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

NASA’s DART mission successfully impacts asteroid

Illustration of NASA's DART mission. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

NASA's DART mission Watch the asteroid impact live tonight

Artist's impression of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

NASA’s DART: The mission to crash into an asteroid

Are young people still interested in space? Credit: M Gucci / Getty

Are young people still interested in space?

Astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African American woman in space during mission STS-47, September 1992. Credit: NASA

The story of Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space

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

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Radio Astronomy Podcast A new era for human spaceflight?