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NASA picks SpaceX for mission to Jupiter's moon Europa

The Europa Clipper mission will launch in October 2024 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the total contract worth $178 million.

Astronauts perform third spacewalk to install solar panels outside ISS

NASA's Shane Kimbrough and France's Thomas Pesquet tackled the second in a series of powerful solar wings that should keep the space station running the rest of this decade, as space tourism ramps up with visitors beginning in the fall.

NASA announces two new robotic missions to Venus

One mission, named DaVinci Plus, will analyse the thick, cloudy Venusian atmosphere. The other, called Veritas, will seek a geologic history by mapping the rocky planet’s surface.

China's Zhurong rover begins exploring Mars

The Mars probe and rover are expected to spend around three months taking photos, harvesting geographical data and collecting and analysing rock samples.

Meet the pioneering Gurcay brothers, NASA’s new Turkish business partners

The Gurcay brothers have developed a unique technique to produce nanosilver developed through natural methods.

Osiris-Rex spacecraft heads to Earth with asteroid rubble

The spacecraft, which began its two-year journey home on Monday, holds between 200 grams and 400 grams of asteroid chunks — the biggest cosmic haul for the US since the Apollo moon rocks.

China's rocket out of control but debris unlikely to cause any harm

China said most debris from a large rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend would be burned up on re-entry and is highly unlikely to cause any harm.

Blue Origin to launch its first space tourism trip in July

The company says the trip will last a total of ten minutes, four of which passengers will spend above the Karman line, that marks the recognised boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.

SpaceX capsule returns astronauts from ISS after rare night splashdown

The astronauts, three American and one Japanese, flew back in the same capsule – named Resilience – in which they launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in November.

Mars helicopter gets extra month of flying by Nasa

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has been given at least an extra month to tackle tough new terrain and support Nasa’s Perseverance Rover, helping with its hunt for signs of life.

Michael Collins, 'forgotten' astronaut of Apollo 11, dies at 90

American astronaut Michael Collins, who flew the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to land on the moon on July 20, 1969, died after battling cancer, his family says.

Blue Origin challenges NASA over SpaceX moon landing contract

Blue Origin argues that NASA has misjudged the risks involved in choosing SpaceX's entirely new launch vehicle.