Space exploration

First Native American woman to travel to space

Battery problem cuts short Russian spacewalk - Nasa

Shaun the Sheep to fly on mission to the moon

Nasa readies giant Moon rocket for maiden flight

UK Mars rover will have to aim for the Moon

Russia to pull out of International Space Station

China's plans to go to the Moon, Mars and beyond

More helicopters look set to fly on Mars

Satellites will act as thermometers in the sky

Successful debut flight for Europe's Vega-C rocket

Nasa space telescope delivers spectacular pictures

Nasa telescope takes super sharp view of early cosmos

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UK-built satellite will measure greenhouse effect

Watch Nasa's rocket launch in outback Australia. Video, 00:00:38Watch Nasa's rocket launch in outback Australia

Gaia continues quest for the ultimate sky map

HARDtalk. Josef Aschbacher: Is Europe losing the space race? Audio, 23 minutesHARDtalk

Searching for life on Mars from a Scottish island

How graphene and algae could build space habitats. Video, 00:04:13How graphene and algae could build space habitats

Nasa's 'Marsquake' mission in its last months

Nasa rover begins key drive to find life on Mars

How asteroids could provide Earth's future resources

MoD satellites announced for Cornwall launch

HARDtalk. Jim Green: Has Nasa lost its way? Audio, 23 minutesHARDtalk