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Clouds from space
When looking at a satellite image, it’s easy to think that it’s either cloudy or not, but given a little attention to detail, every cloud tells a story about what state of flux the atmosphere is in.
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An astronaut recounts the terrifying moment his helmet began filling up with water during a spacewalk and issues a stark warning: “we are explorers, not colonisers.”
Japanese scientists send a talking robot to keep an astronaut company on the international space station. A foot tall, Kirobo can walk, hold a conversation and has no problem handling zero gravity.
When looking at a satellite image, it’s easy to think that it’s either cloudy or not, but given a little attention to detail, every cloud tells a story about what state of flux the atmosphere is in.
They come in peace – believe it or not. British engineers test a new space probe known as the penetrator, by firing it straight into a massive block of ice. The next stop is one of Jupiter’s moons.
China launches its fifth manned spacecraft from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in the Gobi desert. President Xi Jinping calls the mission “glorious and sacred”.
A look at images from space of the deadly Oklahoma tornado that devastated the city of Moore, killing 24 people and flattening whole communities.
Former British helicopter pilot Major Timothy Peake becomes the UK’s first home-grown astronaut after being selected as one of six candidates to join the International Space Station.
Two astronauts take an emergency spacewalk to try and fix an ammonia leak in the International Space Station.
As we carry on with our everyday lives at the surface, there are lots of satellites busily orbiting the earth, frequently snapping images of our planet from space.
British engineers are developing a harpoon to clear up space junk, including defunct satellites and used rocket boosters threatening other satellites and astronauts on the International Space Station.
Chancellor George Osborne, who has been defending welfare reform this week, is accused of being “out of touch” after his official car was photographed parked in a disabled space.
Iranian state television reports that a monkey was successfully sent into space on a manned rocket flight before returning to the ground intact.
David Cameron’s Commons statement on the hostage situation in Algeria begs all sorts of questions about UK involvement in the region.
The free-floating or “wandering” planet has been identified using the European Southern Observatory’s huge telescope in Chile – experts believe it is 100 light years away.
Iran tried to shoot down an unmanned US surveillance drone in international airspace over the Gulf, the US claims, as tensions rise further between Tehran and Washington.