From stargazing as a child to presenting the iconic The Sky At Night , Dame Maggie Aderin, 57, tells us how she beat the odds to become a space scientist, and why life beyond Earth matters to all of us

The first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years will carry NASA Mission Specialist Christina Koch. Ahead of lift off from Florida, she talks about the excitement of space travel

Before I can properly say hello to Maggie Aderin, she wants to apologise: the space scientist is about to take delivery of a new shed, so our interview might be interrupted. In the end we are not dist

The space scientist Maggie Aderin explains the importance of grand ambitions

It’s an exciting time to be a space fan! If Artemis II launches in March (having been pushed back from a February launch due to fuelling issues), humans will be going back to the Moon for the first ti

All being well, after many months of delays, NASA’s second giant white-and-orange SLS rocket will blast off from Kennedy Space Center on the Florida coast, sending a crew of four astronauts on the Art