Space Exploration

It's been six decades since NASA first touched down in outback WA, and it's given current and former residents of Carnarvon plenty of reasons to celebrate.

Director of NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCAN) Program Kevin Coggins wishes well the former staff at the Carnarvon tracking station as it celebrates 60 years.

What began as a static test of a new "Sky Dragon 3" rocket by a private Chinese space company ended in a fiery explosion following the rocket's accidental launch. 

It's now three weeks in space and counting for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, as NASA and Boeing troubleshoot problems with their space capsule. Three potential landing dates have so far been called off, and their flight home is now on hold.

The Australian National University's Anna Moore says the Boeing Starliner's mission control is being 'very cautious'.

The space capsule's first crewed flight has experienced five failures of its 28 manoeuvring thrusters, five leaks of helium and a slow-moving propellant valve that signal unfixed issues from past flights.

The 90-year-old was piloting the plane when it crashed in Washington state.

A legend in the Kimberley with his distinctive white beard — Greg Quicke introduced generations of visitors and locals to the wonders of the universe through his "astro tours" in the town of Broome

SpaceX's Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the Moon and beyond, has undergone its fourth flight test.

Boeing's first-ever crewed flight to the International Space Station has made it the second space taxi operator after Elon Musk's SpaceX.

A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for the US space agency.

The CST-100 Starliner blasts off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Footage of China's uncrewed spacecraft landing on the far side of the Moon has been released by Chinese media. 

The Chinese lander will use a mechanical arm and a drill to gather up to 2 kilograms of surface and underground material from the Moon to send back to Earth.

Chinese astronauts have completed 16 spacewalks since 2008, the Chinese manned spaced agency says. 

In 2016, astronomers published a study suggesting a ninth planet could be hiding on the edge of our Solar System. Eight years later, they're still looking for it. So what will it take to find it?

Ed Dwight was in the same class as Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, but NASA did not select black astronauts until 1978. On Sunday, aged 90, he finally experienced zero gravity.

Satellites are under threat like never before and more countries are preparing for wars in space. So, what exactly is going on above the atmosphere? And should we be worried?

The priorities of Victoria have been called into question after tens of millions of taxpayer dollars were invested in a private US company determined to send humans into space.

Critics line up as Australia's most in-debt state takes its largest venture capitalist gamble yet, betting on a US satellite imagery and space tourism company.

The so-called super-Earth is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with a significant atmosphere.

Boeing badly needs a space win for its Starliner venture, a years-delayed program with more than $US1 billion in cost overruns.

The video also showed spires of gas on the Sun's solar horizon, which can reach to a height of 10,000 kilometres.

The Eta Aquariids are one of two meteor showers caused by leftover debris from Halley's comet, and this year could be a cracker — experts predict up to 21 meteors an hour. 

The Voyager 1 probe has resumed transmitting usable data after months of spouting gibberish.