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Spaceplanes seemed out of favour when the shuttle was retired in 2011; they now seem to be making a comeback.
Among the missions being planned is a huge helicopter drone to explore Saturn’s moon Titan.
Expect lots of space missions to launch this coming year, with exciting new science to follow.
Do extreme-sport athletes and explorers have personality traits in common that help them adapt to difficult and surprising conditions?
Missions to asteroids are opening up the secrets of the Solar System
Space can damage everything from your cardiovascular and nervous systems to your mental health – long voyages can feel isolating for many.
The results are intriguing, but analysing the atmospheres of exoplanets is no easy task.
The Euclid mission is preparing to launch on July 1.
One of Jupiter’s moons, Ganymede, could contain more water than the Earth.
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer and Europa Clipper missions will arrive at Jupiter in the 2030s and provide researchers with unprecedented access to the icy moons orbiting the gas giant.
How might the space industry reduce its ecological footprint and better manage the debris it leaves in its wake?
Using space imagery can help guide relief efforts to critical areas during a natural disaster.
By spotting and counting tiny galaxies, we can work out how much dark matter is hiding in the cosmos.
The European Space Agency has recruited the world’s first-ever disabled astronaut. But we’re still a long way from space being accessible to all.
Technologies being developed for growing food in space have contributed to advances in agriculture and crops on Earth.
New data may settle dispute about the universe’s true expansion rate.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
The European space agency will need both a launch vehicle and a lander platform to launch its ExoMars rover without help from Russia.
In the past 10 years, international alliances on Earth have begun to expand into space. Nations with similar interests collaborate with one another while competing with other space blocs.
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