Space

Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (top) and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, wave farewell as they board the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft ahead of launch.

Astronaut Scott Kelly’s year in space to help prepare for manned Mars mission

An artist impression of a NASA astronaut visiting a captured asteroid in lunar orbit - image courtesy of NASA

NASA details ambitious asteroid capture plan

A Chinese astronaut prepares to travel into space - image courtesy of Chinese Manned Space Engineering.

Chinese space station plans accelerated

NASA test the rocket booster for their Space Launch System at Utah. Photo courtesy of NASA

NASA prepares for deep space exploration with test of its most powerful rocket ever

An image or the Ceres dward planet courtesy of NASA

NASA probe Dawn enters orbit of dwarf planet

John Thornton, CEO of team Astrobotic, with their Griffin Moon lander after their big milestone prizes win in the Google Lunar XPrize - image courtesy of Google.

Google Lunar XPrize: the new space race

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Moon Express continues testing of first commercial lunar lander

The global space technology and exploration market is worth approximately $314bn a year. Image courtesy of DPC.

Austin to target booming space economy

PLATO will help continue ongoing search for worlds potentially similar to our own - image courtesy of Thales Alenia Space.

Thales wins European Space Agency contract to search for Earth-like planets

The Autonomous spaceport drone ship on to which the Falcon 9 rocket will hopefully land.

Space X to attempt first ever vertical rocket landing

Europe makes history with first ever comet landing