space Archive
The Chinese space programme has released a trove of some of the highest-resolution images of the Moon’s surface ever taken. The images were taken by the Yutu lunar rover, more …
The rise of space junk orbiting the Earth could ‘provoke armed conflict’ as damage to military satellites could be misconstrued as an attack, a new report warned. Researchers at …
A flower has bloomed in the zero gravity of space for the first time ever. US astronaut Scott Kelly announced the historic news that a zinnia plant had flowered …
1/30 Earth from the ISS From the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry W. Virts took this photograph of the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. Gulf Coast …
The International Space Station is the longest-running continuously inhabited human outpost in space – this year it celebrated its 15th anniversary. As the ISS orbits the Earth it is …
