The probe should reach the solar system’s biggest planet in 2030, after a five and a half year journey. 

Europa Clipper: NASA spacecraft launches toward Jupiter in search for life

The SpaceX flight, which has two empty seats reserved for the stuck astronauts, won’t return until late February. 

SpaceX launches rescue mission for NASA astronauts stuck in space

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will be stuck in space until next year February when a SpaceX capsule will hitch them a ride to Earth. 

NASA astronauts stuck in space admit its 'tough' not returning to Earth

The empty Boeing Starliner capsule floats down towards White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Two test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williamwere, were left behind on the International Space Station.

Boeing Starliner capsule returns to Earth without astronauts

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore travelled to space in early June for what was meant to be an eight day visit to the International Space Station.

Nasa cuts crew members from next SpaceX flight to pick up stranded astronauts

The pair originally embarked on a week-long test flight on the Boeing Starliner, but have been stranded after it experienced a series of failures.

Two astronauts stuck in space since June to return in 2025, NASA announces

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'Finding a field of stones made of pure sulfur is like finding an oasis in the desert. It shouldn’t be there, so now we have to explain it.'

NASA's Curiosity rover accidentally finds 'oasis' of pure sulfur crystals

The crew members of the first CHAPEA mission, Kelly Haston, third right, Ross Brockwell, center, Nathan Jones, left, and Anca Selariu, not in photo, emerge from their craft, Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones left the 3D-printed habitat at Houston's Johnson Space Centre on Saturday.

Crew of NASA's simulated Mars habitat experiment emerge after a year

Ian Jones has been recognised for his services to space communication

Man who pioneered space communications in Cornwall awarded OBE

A nova explosion is predicted to take place this summer and could be so bright that it may be visible from Earth with the naked eye. 

'Once-in-a-lifetime event': What is a nova explosion and how can I see it?

When Nicole Stott first saw the world from space, she was overcome by its beauty and is now calling for action to tackle Earth's most pressing problems.

Astronaut urges world to preserve oceans after seeing them from space

Nasa, alongside scientists, university experts, have been asked to help scour the loch in the highlands of Scotland for the infamous creature. 

Nasa v Nessie: Space explorers asked to hunt Loch Ness Monster in new search

Researchers will work on developments for a potential probe mission to investigate the formation of planetary systems and the evolution of galaxies.  

UK scientists awarded £1.1m for new NASA space mission

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Steve Altemus, CEO and co-founder of Intuitive Machines, describes how it is believed the company's Odysseus spacecraft landed on the surface of the moon, during a news conference in Houston on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.

Odysseus may have 'caught a foot in the surface' as it landed on the moon, officials said, which has hampered communications with the spacecraft.

Private US moon spacecraft snaps leg and tips onto its side

A private lunar lander is circling the moon with the aim of putting the US back on the surface for the first time since Nasa's famed Apollo moonwalkers.

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