NASA

SpaceX capsule arrives at International Space Station

3 Mar 2013

A privately-owned unmanned US space capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing to the space outpost food, scientific materials and other crucial equipment.

Married couple wanted for cut-rate mission to Mars

1 Mar 2013

A nonprofit foundation wants to recruit a man and a woman - possibly a married couple - for a bare-bones, 501-day journey to Mars and back that would start in less than five years, project...

Man and woman, preferably married, wanted for expedition to Mars

28 Feb 2013

A nonprofit foundation wants to recruit a man and a woman – possibly a married couple – for a bare-bones, 501-day journey to Mars and back that would start in less than five years, project...

Mars rover ready to analyse rock powder

21 Feb 2013

Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the planet ever had ingredients for life, drilled its first bit of powder from inside a potentially water-formed ancient rock, scientists said...

Curiosity Mars rover collects historic first bedrock sample

10 Feb 2013

Using a drill at the end of its robotic arm, Curiosity bore a hole 6.4cm deep into the rock, generating powder for evaluation, Nasa said in a statement.

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US and Europe to embark on joint space mission around the moon

The US and European space agencies have announced a new partnership pairing a European cargo module with Nasa's Orion space capsule, which aims to take astronauts into deep space.

Nasa brings bounce to outer-space living

Nasa is partnering with a commercial space company in a bid to replace the cumbersome “metal cans” that now serve as astronauts’ homes in space with inflatable bounce-house-like habitats that can...

2012 was the 36th straight year of above-average global temperature

Global temperatures were above average for the 36th straight year in 2012 and the planet is likely to chalk up more record warm highs over the coming decade, US scientists say.

SCIENCE

Nasa video debunks Mayan apocalypse prophecy

If you’re watching this, the world didn’t end yesterday, a Nasa video begins. The US space agency goes on to explain why the commotion over the purported Mayan prophecy is all for naught.

OBITUARY

TV astronomer Patrick Moore dies aged 89

Astronomer Patrick Moore, renowned for his work mapping the moon's surface and for having popularised his subject with the British public, died yesterday at the age of 89.

SHORT SCIENCE

Short Science, December 9, 2012

New images of the moon's crust point to a violent past in which it was battered by comets and asteroids during its first billion years, US scientists say.