space exploration

The division between light and dark over the north pole of Mercury, viewed from the BepiColombo spacecraft ESA/BepiColombo/MTM These pictures …

Asteroids that regularly fly between Earth, Venus and Mars could provide radiation shielding for human missions to explore neighbouring planets

The International Space Station has its own distinctive microbiome Dima Zel/Shutterstock Bacteria on board the International Space Station (ISS) have …

An artist’s rendering of the spacewalk on the Polaris Dawn mission SpaceX SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is a leap forward …

Boeing spacecraft Starliner is seen from the window of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule “Endeavour” on July 3, 2024, while docked with …

After any problem with a rocket launch or mission, experts echo the same refrain: space is hard. As progress in …

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station …

Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman during spacesuit testing. John Kraus / Polaris Program SpaceX is preparing to launch its next …

Boeing spacecraft Starliner is seen from the window of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule “Endeavour” on July 3, 2024 while docked with …

A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Jan. 31, 2023. SpaceX …