The first fully calibrated images from the European Space Agency’s Smos satellite have now been released.

The US space agency (Nasa) launches its Solar Dynamics Observatory from Florida on a mission to study the Sun.

The US space agency (Nasa) has launched its shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

The US space agency (Nasa) has extended the Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn once again.

The EU needs a dedicated agency to oversee and enforce EU waste legislation, a study recommends.

India’s space agency will launch its first manned mission to space in 2016, officials say.

The US space agency concedes defeat in its battle to free the Spirit rover from its Martian sand trap.

The Russian space agency has said it will hammer out plans to divert an asteroid that will pass near the Earth in 20 years’ time.

The European Space Agency has released the first scientific results from the recently launched Herschel Space Telescope.

Britain is to follow other major nations and set up a dedicated government agency to direct its policy on space.