SPACE

Adeline enables the lower section of a rocket launcher to detach and fly back to Earth as a drone

'The construction of a station on the moon would trigger a huge surge of technological innovation'

Using joysticks with haptic pressure, two men were able to shake hands 5,000 miles away from each other.

Nasa says nuclear fusion and solar power could cut Mars journey times from 8 months down to four months.

Mars One has admitted that only 4,227 people completed its applications as they had to pay admin fees.

The images were taken at distances of 8 km from the comet surface.

Unusual details about orbital and rotational patterns of Pluto and its moons revealed.

It is 50 years since astronaut Edward Higgins White became the first American to step into space.

Nasa astronaut Edward White undertook the first United States space walk on 3 June 1965 during Gemini IV

A helium balloon carrying a saucer-shaped Nasa spacecraft is set for take-off on Tuesday (2 June) to test Mars landings.

The tubes stretch from 600 kms above the ground to the plasmasphere.

All key components of the probe have been tested for a launch later in the year.

Swiss pilot Andre Borscheberg took off in the Solar Impulse 2 from China at 2.39am.

Camera data and computer simulations rule out violent impacts.

Miracle material can turn light into movement, scientists discover.

Prolonged time in space led to skin thinning in three mice on International Space Station.

Mars' upper atmosphere more similar to Earth's than previously thought, scientists say.

Astrophysicist says competition would be good way of boosting space travel.

Plans to reform Russia's imploding space industry announced by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

Humanoids prepare for space colony at the Mars Desert Research Station

It was a great, great outcome, says founder Elon Musk.

Mars Express spots collection of craters that could be remnants of supervocanoes.

Chinese media suggests X-37B could be used as a spy satellite or weapon delivery shuttle.

Nasa is challenging designers to create sustainable housing using 3D printing and recyclable materials.

ESA scientists baffled at three large "balancing boulders" on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Light from the 4 quasers has taken 10bn years to reach Earth.

The MOTR was made at a quarter of the price as radars made abroad.

Surveillance probe can monitor each country's emissions and help reduce global levels of carbon dioxide and methane gas

The reason matter won over antimatter and led to the present creation is explained by the fields.