First orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes after takeoff
Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonetheless A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe...
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Partial solar eclipse live: watch as moon blocks part of sun for people in northern hemisphere
Partial solar eclipse will be visible to differing degrees depending on where you watch it in the northern hemisphere Here’s a view of the sun...
Europe’s first Mars rover will have UK-built lander
Airbus also built the Rosalind Franklin rover, due to launch in 2028 to search for signs of past life Europe’s first rover to be sent...
Video of sun’s surface captures solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss
Ethereal scenes of flowing super-heated material may help explain why atmosphere is hotter than surface The sun’s otherworldly landscape, including coronal moss, solar rain and...
Spanish company launches reusable rocket in breakthrough for European space ambitions
Startup PLD Space says launch of Miura-1 is ‘just the beginning’ amid European drive to send satellites into orbit Spanish company PLD Space launched its...
Thousands expected in Cornwall for Europe’s first satellite launch
Start Me Up mission will send nine civil and defence satellites into orbit from Newquay spaceport on Monday Thousands of people are expected to descend...
Poland’s only cosmonaut, Mirosław Hermaszewski, dies aged 81
Hermaszewski circled Earth in the Soyuz 30 spacecraft in 1978 as part of the Soviet Intercosmos programme Poland’s only cosmonaut, Gen Mirosław Hermaszewski, who circled...
‘Peeing is very easy’: Japanese billionaire returns to Earth after documenting life on ISS
Yusaku Maezawa spent 12 days at the space station, marking Russia’s return to space tourism after a decade-long pause A Japanese billionaire has returned to...
