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Space agency will discuss its future plans for space explorations that will 'unlock mysteries of the solar system'.

The spacewalk veteran said he was living life at "20 times normal speed" after finding out he had terminal illness.

The savoury treat's space odyssey was recorded on camera.

As Nasa's Earth science programmes are in the firing line, scientists protest against burying evidence.

Chinese government confirms it has been funding EmDrive research since 2010 and believes in its benefits.

Nasa's Earth science research is looking vulnerable, and the species it monitors are looking worse.

The hot gas giant planet HAT-P-7 b is a gas giant and could have enormous storm systems like Jupiter's.

Nasa is brainstorming to prevent cosmic radiation from damaging a nano-starship on a 20-year long journey.

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth, the oldest man in space and once ran for president.

The last surviving member of the original seven American 'Right Stuff' Mercury astronauts, has died at the age of 95.

Understanding what causes visual impairment in astronauts is key to mount a mission to Mars.

A vast, shallow repository of ice has been discovered in a convenient spot for landing and living on the Red Planet.

The Bok globule is a small cloud that gives birth to stars, and is most distant of its kind to have been discovered.

The Nasa Eagleworks paper says EmDrive works because of the pilot-wave theory, generating 1.2mN/kW of thrust.

Whitson sets another milestone by becoming first woman to have twice taken command of the ISS.

Extremely spherical star discovered slowly rotating 5,000 light years from Earth.

The slushy ice-water ocean may have caused the dwarf planet to spin into a new alignment.

The XB-1, co-produced with Boom Technology, is due to fly at a speed of Mach2.2 in test flights next year.

Tim Peake's new photo book takes readers on a mesmerising tour of the Earth as seen from on high.

This Martian home would protect the first humans on the Red Planet from deadly cold and radiation.

November's supermoon is worth watching – it will be the biggest supermoon in seven decades.