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Mars has been a popular destination since space exploration began – and there are plenty of people who’d love to go there.
Among the missions being planned is a huge helicopter drone to explore Saturn’s moon Titan.
The US might be facing international competition to be first to return to the Moon.
Sending human ashes and personal mementoes to the Moon is now possible, but it opens up a maze of legal and ethical conundrums.
Japan’s space agency is landing its first lunar probe this week. This makes the Moon an increasingly busy target for spacefaring nations – with conflicting political stances among them.
In sci-fi depictions, extraterrestrial habitats have evolved tandem with scientific understanding of conditions on planets
NASA announced that the next two Artemis missions — Artemis II and III — will be delayed for safety reasons. However, Artemis IV remains on schedule.
It turns out Uranus actually changes colour throughout the year.
The Peregrine and Nova-C landers are due to carry out valuable science at two diverse lunar locations.
Despite what you may think, Australia has a long history of space activities. But this is the first time the Australian public has been asked its opinions on space.
Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the Moon made 2023 a big year for lunar exploration, and future years will come with even more discoveries.
A Japanese spacecraft is expected to reach Martian orbit in 2025 to collect material from the surface of the moon Phobos before returning to Earth by 2029.
Sixty years ago, philosopher Hannah Arendt argued an interplanetary perspective may be bad news for humanity as we know it.
Five of the Uranus moons might be ocean worlds − and if there’s water, there might be life.
Borman’s professionalism helped the risky Apollo 8 mission become a success.
For All Mankind is set in an Apollo era transformed by the inclusion of women, characters of colour and LGBTQ+ protagonists.
The agreement should give British astronauts more flights into space.
Astronauts living and working on the Moon will need something to eat. The Growing Beyond Earth program supports international space crop research.
A more active Sun could disable satellites and affect electrical grids on Earth.
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