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An undated handout photo made available by the Fraunhofer FHR shows a radar image of Tiangong-1

Chinese space lab burns up over South Pacific

Science and Technology / 02 Apr

Elon Musk has had some far-out space projects

Elon Musk's space projects: Five things to know

News Lens / 09 Feb

Norishige Kanai was concerned about fitting in the Soyuz seats for his return home

Astronaut who 'grew 9cm' sorry for 'fake news' error

News Lens / 10 Jan

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai on the International Space Station (Pic: @Astro_Kanai)

Japanese astronaut worried after growth spurt in space

'Oumuamua's shape is is highly unusual for a space rock

Foreign visitor to our solar system has special crust

Science / 18 Dec 17

SpaceX hopes the use of recycled rockets will lower the cost of going into space

SpaceX launches the world's first recycled spacecraft

Science / 15 Dec 17

An artist's impression of the eight planet Kepler-90 star system compared to our own (pic: Nasa/Wendy Stenzel)

First eight planet system found by Kepler telescope

Science / 14 Dec 17

Buzz Aldrin walks on the Moon on 20 July 1969

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts back to the Moon

World / 12 Dec 17

Nasa Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot meeting the team building Ireland's first satellite, EIRSAT-1, recently

Space university students call for Irish space agency

Science / 25 Aug 17

Smaller asteroids routinely make closer passes to Earth

Asteroid to make near Earth fly-by

Science and Technology / 19 Apr 17

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth and also the oldest person to go into space

Former US astronaut John Glenn dies aged 95

News / 08 Dec 16

Artist Paul Quast's image to accompany the project

Irish artist to create space 'message in a bottle'

Science / 23 Aug 16

Tim Peake (C) is helped by colleagues upon his arrival at the airport of Karaganda, Kazakhstan

British astronaut Tim Peake returns to earth

News / 20 Jun 16

From space the Alps, Italy, and Mediterranean can be seen, taken from the International Space Station (Pic: NASA)

Landing is like 'collision' between truck and car

News / 18 Jun 16

The new craft was developed using a tiny budget of just €12.5 million

India test launches new space shuttle

Science / 23 May 16

(L-R) Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko are on board the ISS

ISS astronauts dodge Russian space debris

News / 17 Jul 15

This picture, released yesterday, was taken as New Horizons approached the dwarf-planet (Pic: NASA/JHUAPL)

NASA releases first images of Pluto

News / 15 Jul 15

The Progress M-27M was bound for the International Space Station when the problem arose

Unmanned space craft burns up after failed mission

News / 08 May 15

Mercury shown from a distance of approximately 27,000km, taken by Messenger on 14 January 2008

Messenger craft to smash into Mercury later today

News / 30 Apr 15

Europe is hoping to develop the capability to bring manned and robotic space vehicles back to Earth

Europe's mini-space shuttle splashes down

News / 11 Feb 15

The lander was found within 5km of the expected landing site

Missing Beagle Mars probe found after 11 years

News / 16 Jan 15

The new, lower-cost rocket will replace the current Ariane 5 from its first launch in 2020

European nations approve funding for space rocket

News / 03 Dec 14

Since 2004 the Rosetta spacecraft has been hurtling through space to catch up with the comet

ESA probe not anchored, but transmitting data

News / 12 Nov 14

The satellites were launched on Friday from French Guiana

Inquiry after satellites launched into wrong orbit

News / 25 Aug 14

Two NASA astronauts spent more than seven hours working outside the International Space Station (pic: NASA TV)

Astronauts install new ISS cooling pump

News / 24 Dec 13

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