Credit: International Space Station By Monica Grady, The Open University As a headline, “No gas leak on the International Space Station” ranks alongside recent news stories, such as “Mild earthquake…

Picture this scenario: A politician is appointed to run NASA who thinks its budget is too high and then half its money and a third of its workforce is on its way to evaporating. Public support for a…

In space no one can hear you bleed, but what about on a private spacecraft?  The commercial aviation industry has medical care standards, as does NASA for traditional space missions. Eventually…

Giving it a go... EPA By Angelo Niko Grubišić, University of Southampton SpaceX is attempting a huge feat in spacecraft engineering. It is seeking to land the first stage of its Falcon 9-R rocket on…

A new study shows that plasma waves buffeting the planet's radiation belts are responsible for scattering charged particles into the atmosphere, creating the most detailed analysis so far of the link…

Despite a malfunction that ended its primary mission in May 2013, the Kepler spacecraft is still alive and working and its data has found a new "super-Earth". NASA's Kepler spacecraft detected…

With the successful flight test of NASA's Orion spacecraft on Dec. 5, a new space era for has started for America and its aerospace industry. Companies engaged in space exploration like Lockheed…

Scientists have calculated that asteroid 2014 UR116 will fly in dangerous proximity to Earth every three years. If it collides with the planet the energy of the explosion could be a thousand times…

Artistic rendering of the Square Kilometre Array at night. SKA Organisation By Yves Wiaux, Heriot Watt University and Jason McEwen, University College London Telescopes have come a long way since the…

America embarks on a long-lasting trip to Mars this Thursday. Orion’s maiden flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), slated to test spacecraft’s crucial systems is a critical first step on our…