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NASA will award up to three $30,000 prizes to the best 'space poop' solutions

The crash is Europe's second failed attempt to reach the alien surface

Shane Kimbrough becomes the latest astronaut to join in a long tradition of voting while floating above the Earth

A group of scientists looking for aliens say that the signals are encouraging

Meteor showers typically come from dusty, rocky guts that comets leave behind as they fly through solar system

The cargo ship is carrying food and supplies for the six-member astronaut crew in orbit

Jing, the mission commander, was on his third trip into orbit and will celebrate his 50th birthday in space

Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong will be on board the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft as it blasts off

Moscow and Beijing are keen to show off their space-attack capabilities, a deep worry for US strategists

More than 100 tonnes of dust and sand-sized particles rain down on the planet every day

The balloon, which would carry a capsule containing the passengers, would only go as high as “near space".

Rosetta and lander probe Philae travelled more than six billion kilometres over 10 years to reach 67P

Elon Musk will unveil his ambitious plan to build a human colony on Mars on Tuesday

About 20 km from the comet, Rosetta will be instructed to break its orbit and make a 90-degree turn

China and Pakistan set to invest $46 million to launch satellite in 2018

Over 4,500 entries were received from 80 countries across the globe and 31 prize winners were announced

Scientists hope the seven-year, $800 million mission will reveal something about the origins of the Bennu asteroid

The mission comes the same day a US space probe was cleared for launch to collect and return samples from an asteroid

Ever wondered what it would be like to travel into space?

The radio signal was detected in the general location of a star system 94 light-years from Earth

It costs around $300,000 to fuel a rocket, but $60 million to build one

The $1 billion mission is scheduled for launch on September 8

The International Space Station (ISS) is hurtling through space about 250 miles above the surface of Earth

The spacewalk is set to start with veteran NASA astronaut Williams emerging from the space station airlock

To boldly go where no man has gone before

The planet was detected by the European Southern Observatory Telescope in northern Chile

Jupiter is marked by cold, windy clouds of ammonia

The 1.3-billion-euro mission was conceived to unravel the secrets of comets

Last month India successfully launched its first mini space shuttle as it joined global race to make reusable rockets

Here's a list of possible sightings in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad for the next few weeks

NASA on Saturday successfully expanded and pressurized an add-on room at the International Space Station

Next transit to be visible on November 11, 2019, says expert

The launch from French Guiana will be Europe's first of the year from the South American space centre

Peake opened the race by counting down in a video message as runners waited at the start line in the British capital

China has been moving to develop its space program for military, commercial and scientific purposes

According to NASA, it orbited the earth four times in its approximately six-hour journey

New Delhi aims an alternative to US-based Global Positioning System that the country currently relies on

Space is our future and should be shared by all human beings, he says

Spending 340 days in space caused Kelly's spine to expand temporarily, making him grow 1.5 inches

The pair's near year-long stay in space was the longest by any astronauts aboard the ISS

China also plans to launch Shenzhou 11 spacecraft, which will carry two astronauts on board

Here is how you can leave planet Earth

In case of bad weather, another opportunity arises Thursday around the same time

A taped conversation between the three astronauts indicated they heard mysterious sounds which they never reported

The detailed pictures show a system of "pull-apart" tectonic faults on the moon's equator

Space tourism companies are employing designs, including winged vehicles and rockets, to make space tourism a reality

Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, nestled in Guizhou province, will start operation this year

Philae's initial landing was bumpy -- lab bounced several times on surface before ending up at an angle in deep shade

Iran-born Anousheh Ansari is a computer scientist, an entrepreneur, and the first Muslim woman to go to space

ISS official says outage is similar to power failure in Oct 2014 involving sequential shunt unit at orbiting outpost