Space

The new rocket motors are designed to replace the Russian RD-180 (pictured). Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

Orbital ATK and SpaceX awarded millions to replace Russian engines

A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage sucessfully landed at Cape Canaveral. Image courtesy of SpaceX.

SpaceX conducts landmark Falcon 9 landing

The SLS rocket is one of the major projects funded in the new Nasa budget. Image courtesy of Nasa.

Nasa receives large budget boost from Congress

Schematic of the Jovian magnetosphere with Jupiter at its centre and its moons orbiting - image courtesy of Wikicommons and Volcanopele

Airbus Defence and Space to build $350m Jupiter spacecraft

The 'New Shepard' rocket launches from its West Texas launch site as it began its historic test - image courtesy of Blue Origin.

Blue Origin makes historic re-useable rocket landing

The Nasa Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM) intends to collect an asteroid boulder and put it into orbit around the moon - image courtesy of Nasa.

Nasa to collect asteroid boulder and orbit it around the moon

The Chinese space station will be open to international modules in a similar way to the ISS (pictured). Image courtesy of Nasa

China plans 2018 space station launch

An artist's impression of the SpaceIL lander. Image courtesy of SpaceIL.

First Lunar XPrize launch contract signed

The Astrosat spacecraft is launched into orbit. Image courtesy of ISRO.

India launches first ISRO space laboratory

The Blue Origin New Shepard being tested earlier this year - image courtesy of Blue Origin.

Blue Origin announces new Florida spaceport

An artists' rendering of the world's all-electric propsulsion satellite, ABS-3A, on-orbit and operating in space - image courtesy of Boeing

World’s first all-electric propulsion satellite ABS-3A commences service