The spaceship from James Cameron’s film is far less fanciful than it appears and even plausibly deals with several problems posed by interstellar travel.

Return to the Moon to take up where, way too soon, Apollo had stopped. Such was the ambition of the Constellation programme on the point of becoming a page in NASA’s history before it has even achieved its objective.

Whether you believe it or not, Father Christmas does not forget astronauts despite the obvious lack of a chimney...

As the European launch vehicle celebrates its 30th birthday, it is perhaps the moment to remember that Ariane very nearly never existed!

Climate change raises many questions. Satellites could have a decisive role in answering them.

40 years ago, NASA was behind the first return to the Moon! A mission that was far from being a repeat of Apollo 11.

NASA is preparing a decisive test flight for the end of the month.

With its HTV, the Land of the Rising Sun can now send equipment and provisions to the ISS.

Genuine bricks left over from the formation of the solar system, asteroids are of interest to scientists whilst others would like to exploit their mining resources.

Why not take advantage of the summer to explore space? There are many discoveries and sensations that can be experienced without ever having to leave our planet.

Although much in demand, the first man to have walked on the Moon answered our questions. His replies put Apollo 11 in perspective 40 years on.

So many repeated rumours have grown up over time surrounding the first steps on the moon that it is sometimes hard to tell history from myth.

NASA is to take astronauts back to the Moon by 2020 in line with a mission plan which is remarkably similar to that of Apollo.

In 1960 the CIA asked NASA to help disguise the true nature of a spy mission. For state security reasons the space agency presented a non-existent plane to the media!

Whether for marking breaks in the full timetables or for combining an artistic approach with scientific research, music is often present in various ways on board the space missions. A real “academy of the stars” as it were...

Launched with Herschel, this other deep space observatory is going to draw up the most accurate portrait ever made of the beginning of the Cosmos.

At this moment in time, 2 European space observatories are flying to reach their orbit. Their common aim: to get a better understanding of our Universe.

What do the lotto, biscuits, tyres, an energy drink have in common? They have recently used the space theme in advertisements. So does space really wash whiter or to be more precise is it a good way of promoting the merits of products that claim to do so?

The Messenger probe marks a long-awaited return to Mercury and the most recent flight over the planet to date has changed our view of it.

It really ought to be “12x12” to be exact as NASA is working on a prototype for a 12 wheel drive lunar vehicle!