The breakthrough in Southampton could mean deep space exploration is no longer the stuff of sci-fi.

New propulsion system for space travel could make sci-fi reality

No injuries were reported but US authorities said they would ground the Falcon 9 until SpaceX provided a full accident report.

SpaceX flights halted after rocket falls over in flames during landing

A massive water reservoir over 10km below the planet's surface has been found on Mars, using data from NASA's Lander program.

Scientists find underground liquid water reservoir on Mars

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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

Rosemary Coogan becomes the country’s third astronaut following Helen Sharman, and Tim Peake.

Belfast woman gains her wings as UK’s newest astronaut

Dr Jenni Gibbons praised Cambridge for helping with her space career.

Professor to take part in record-setting NASA mission to the moon

biennial UK Space Conference brings together academics, industry professionals like astronauts and potential investors.

Space Conference launches in Belfast

The Euclid space telescope, the brainchild of a Portsmouth Professor has begun its million mile journey

Euclid: UK Professor behind dark universe telescope joyful at rocket launch

NASA's next mission to Mars will feature parachute woven in Tiverton, to help it land sometime in 2028. 

The Devon factory helping NASA land on Mars

Cardiff-baased Space Forge is sending one of its satellites into space in the hope of making and retrieving materials that can't be made on earth.

The important mission for Wales' first satellite as it prepares for space launch

John McFall, from Frimley, will join the space training corps to see if he can be the first disabled person to go into space, in what would be a world first.

British Paralympian could be first disabled astronaut in space

The satellite earth station on the Lizard Peninsula has a key role in tracking the Orion Capsule as it orbits the moon.

Cornwall's Goonhilly Earth Station tracks NASA Artemis 1 launch

The station is strengthening the UK’s position as an international space power through its contributions to NASA’s pioneering Artemis programme.

The young space experts helping with NASA's next Moon mission

Stunning images taken on the world's biggest telescope also show seven of Neptune's 14 known moons.

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