Virgin Galactic space plane makes its first commercial flight

29 June 2023

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has made its first commercial flight to the edge of space, joining a small club of companies offering private space flights

SpaceX, Blue Origin and ULA plan to launch huge new rockets in 2023

28 December 2022

ULA's Vulcan Centaur and Blue Origin's New Glenn are big rockets, but they are dwarfed by SpaceX's Starship, the largest rocket the world has ever seen

Watch: Axiom and SpaceX launch first all-private crew to ISS

5 April 2022

US company Axiom Space is set to send a commercial crew to visit the International Space Station and perform scientific research there for eight days

High-tech space sleeping bag could stop vision problems in astronauts

9 December 2021

Long spells in microgravity can alter eyeball shape, but a sleeping bag that applies suction to the lower body could prevent such problems

Richard Branson reaches the edge of space on Virgin Galactic flight

12 July 2021

Richard Branson has finally launched to the edge of space aboard his Virgin Galactic space plane, a flight over 15 years in the making

How to call the International Space Station

2 October 2019

Does the ISS have a phone number? Do ISS astronauts have smartphones or handsets? And does anything in the space station “ring” when an audio call is set up? We spoke to the communications experts who help the world talk to astronauts on the orbiting...

Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

17 July 2019

Apollo 11 features in a TV film which captures NASA’s early days with beautifully restored footage, making it look like yesterday, says Chelsea Whyte in her latest column

The space shuttle

27 June 2019

Earthrise

11 June 2019

NASA picks Maxar to build the first piece of its lunar space station

23 May 2019

NASA chose Maxar Technologies to build the power and propulsion element of the Gateway lunar space station, which will be an outpost for going to the moon and Mars