Skynet 5, the UK’s single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.

A large space rock may have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago, according to new research.

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

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The International Space Station has been fitted with its last major components, including the largest window ever sent into space.

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

The UK space industry could be employing thousands more skilled workers and turning over up to £40bn a year, a report claims.

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

After poor weather thwarted Sunday’s lift-off, the space shuttle Endeavour is fuelled for another launch attempt.

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