John glenn becomes the first american in orbit

‘The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, it seems like an awful waste of space,’ wrote the American astronomer and author Carl Sagan in his book, Contact. Ever since humans first huddled

Astronaut Jim Lovell died this month, aged 97, one of the last of the original pioneers of space exploration. He missed out on Nasa’s early Mercury missions but was selected for the Gemini programme,

Between their rivalries and collaborations, how have the world’s top national space agencies contributed to our knowledge of the cosmos?

Using original photographs from the golden era of space travel, a new book unveils NASA’s thrilling first spaceflights

For Sarah, it was a night that would go down in history – for more reasons than one

In 2026, a team of astronauts will float inside a glossy white cylinder orbiting hundreds of kilometres above Earth. But this won’t be the International Space Station (ISS). It’ll be Haven-1 – the wor