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NASA can't decide whether astronauts should wash their underwear

26 November 2020

NASA has partnered with consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble to develop a detergent that can wash clothes in space. Up until now, NASA has found it more cost-efficient to dispose of dirty garments

NASA to film an Estée Lauder ad in space as the ISS opens for business

16 September 2020

NASA is trying to turn the ageing International Space Station into a hub for commerce and has partnered with the likes of Estée Lauder and Adidas

NASA is quietly helping satellite firms avoid catastrophic collisions

5 December 2019

We thought NASA was just monitoring space junk for the US government, but it turns out it has been selling an orbital warning service to select customers

SpaceX plans to put more than 40,000 satellites in space

17 October 2019

Documents show Elon Musk's firm SpaceX wants to launch another 30,000 satellites – more than triple the total amount humans have ever launched

Exclusive: Rocket test in Alaska polluted 230 tonnes of soil

30 September 2019

Aerospace firm Astra Space flew two rockets tests last year - both malfunctioned, contaminating 230 tonnes of soil and damaging spaceport buildings

The race to build a space internet available to anyone, anywhere

1 May 2019

Tech billionaires are building a wireless, orbiting internet accessible in even the deepest jungle. The first satellites are already up - but do we really want it?

NASA is giving advice to Yuri Milner's private mission to Enceladus

8 November 2018

Saturn's moon Enceladus might host life, and Russian-Israeli billionaire Yuri Milner is planning the first private mission to deep space to find out more