How to watch "The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth" online on BBC iPlayer in the UK and from anywhere. New documentary goes inside the Columbia disaster.

Remote-controlled robots could one day build giant solar farms in space, according to a recent trial in the UK.. British startup Space Solar conducted the test at the UK Atomic Energy Authority ...

An out-of-control Russian spacecraft has probably plummeted to Earth, after 53 years stuck in orbit, experts say. In recent weeks, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 has been making an ...

"Astronomers consider an NEO a threat if it has an Earth minimum orbit intersection distance of 0.05 AU (around 4.7 million miles or 7.5 million km) or less and is at least 140 meters [460 feet ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled ...

Scientists have drawn up a potential impact zone for Soviet spacecraft Cosmos-482, which is set to crash into Earth on Sunday morning, and it includes parts of the UK ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The European Space Agency unveiled plans July 23 to expand its presence in the United Kingdom as the country announced 2.1 million pounds ($2.7 million) of funding for programs ...

A mission from 1972 was supposed to visit Venus - instead it's falling back to Earth. ... begins with a faint green tinge on Earth's horizon as seen from the space station some 257 miles up.

Rocketing you from Earth’s most extreme environments out into space in the search for extraterrestrial life, it’s a truly out-of-this-world experience. Engage your senses as you see, sniff and touch ...

Earth from space The final image captured by the recently decommissioned Landsat 7 satellite shows how "Sin City" has nearly doubled in size during the iconic spacecraft's 25-year lifespan.

With the 2024 YR4 asteroid scheduled to near Earth by 2032, several methods of averting a collision have already been proposed. The asteroid, being monitored by multiple space agencies across the ...

Earth as seen from the surface of the moon by the Apollo 11 Command Module in 1969. NASA / Getty Images It’s not every day that Earth adopts a new companion, but such mini-moon events are not ...