European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and technology for future moon landings as part of the NASA-led Artemis missions. The ...

New space missions will aim to measure Earth's biomass from space, return stranded astronauts to Earth, and prepare for landing humans on the Moon. DW explains what's in store for 2025.

Sunita Williams, a veteran astronaut, was supposed to be on the ISS for only eight days as part of a mission aboard the ...

Find out how astronauts on the International Space Station celebrate the New Year in space, with 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours!

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE) completed the final commercial flight of its Unity spacecraft in 2024 and is set to spend 2025 focused on its new Delta-class spaceships, which are on track for ...

Lord Martin Rees, the UK’s Astronomer Royal, said robots are now so advanced there is no reason to risk lives on missions.

Boeing’s very bad year ended tragically on Sunday, as a 737 flown by Korean discount carrier Jeju Air crashed, killing 179 ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

NASA’s retired InSight lander, now covered in Martian dust, continues to offer insights into Mars through images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Over its four-year mission, InSight ...