30 November 2022
These photographs are of JETT3 and D-RATS, two Earth-based missions designed to replicate aspects of future moon landings and help NASA engineers enable astronauts to do science on the lunar surface
7 September 2022
Half a century after the last person walked on the moon, original footage has been digitally overhauled to show NASA's lunar missions in a new light
20 May 2021
Space weather conditions are set to take a turn for the worse midway through the 2020s, which might pose problems for a planned crewed mission to the moon
2 September 2020
Real-life accounts of International Space Station crew members Samantha Cristoforetti and Terry Virts capture the extraordinarily ordinary life of an astronaut
14 May 2020
Between 1960 and 1961, thirteen American women - all pilots - qualified as astronauts. The Mercury 13 passed the same physical tests as America’s first male astronauts, yet they never made it beyond Earth's atmosphere. Wally Funk was one of them.
14 April 2020
Spending at least six months in microgravity can cause astronauts’ brain volumes to increase, causing pressure to build up in their heads and creating vision problems
2 December 2019
Comets and asteroids are among the solar system’s oldest inhabitants. For Natalie Starkey, that makes them invaluable time capsules
17 October 2017
The way spaceships vent urine and water may be a good stand-in for studying how jets of vapour escape the hidden ocean on one of Saturn’s icy moons
