Spaceflight

Astronauts Kathryn Sullivan and Sally Ride during the STS-41-G mission, October 1984. Credit: Space Frontiers / Stringer

Women astronauts who changed spaceflight forever

Artist's impression of the UAE Hope Probe at Mars. Credit: UAE Space Agency

How is the UAE Hope Probe exploring Mars?

Credit: NASA

New radiation limits for astronauts could make spaceflight fairer

Could humans be too heavy to land on Mars? Credit: NASA

Could humans be too heavy to land on Mars?

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

Interview What happens to our genes in space?

Solar activity over cycles 22-24
Credit: David Hathaway, NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center

Radio Astronomy Podcast Will solar activity threaten future space missions?

Planetary scientist Emily Lakdawalla

Radio Astronomy Podcast Emily Lakdawalla talks Mars exploration

US president John F Kennedy addresses Congress on 25 May 1961, announcing his administration's intention to put human beings on the Moon. Credit: AFP via Getty Images

Astronomy History How JFK kickstarted the race to the Moon

China's Tianwen-1 rover has released its first images of Mars. Credit: CNSA

Mars exploration China rover returns first images of the Red Planet

The Long March 5B rocket, lifts off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, 29 April 2021. Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT via Getty Images

China rocket debris could hit Earth this weekend

Stephen Walker Yuri Gagarin lecture BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Webinar Yuri Gagarin - the untold story

Ingenuity looks down at its own shadow

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter makes first powered flight from Mars

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

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?