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Rosemary Coogan will begin her journey of training with ESA before being assigned a mission

Neil Armstrong took his historic “one small step” on the Moon in 1969. And just three years later, the last Apollo astronauts left our celestial neighbour. Since then, hundreds of astronauts have been launched into space but mainly to the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. None has, in fact, ventured more…

The first space mission from the site in Newquay, Cornwall is expected to be conducted by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company in the coming weeks

Most meteorites are missing flight data. Not so with the Winchcombe meteorite, whose fireball awed hundreds of people in 2021 and revealed its ancient past.

European nations agreed on Wednesday to boost spending on space by 17% to stay on the heels of United States and China in two days of intense bargaining overshadowed by rising energy prices.

The European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled its new class of career astronauts on Wednesday, selecting French helicopter pilot Sophie Adenot and four other candidates from a list of more than 22,500 applicants. ESA also selected British Paralympic sprinter John McFall, who will be the first disabled person to train as…

While one sign has a serious talk with friends after a disagreement, another makes a big mistake after accepting advice from the wrong person. These are the Wednesday horoscopes.

European ministers haggled on Tuesday over a proposed 25% boost in space funding over the next three years designed to maintain Europe's lead in Earth observation, expand navigation services and remain a partner in exploration with the United States.

NASA's most recent Moon mission is stoking the flames of a burgeoning lunar economy.