Busy Enda forced to relinquish EU role

Irish firms are at the cutting edge of European Space Agency programmes creating technologies capable of performing in the extreme environment of space.

The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station today, making history as the first commercial delivery ship in orbit.

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft that will return to Earth from the International Space Station this week is leaking helium, Russian space officials said today.

A Russian spacecraft carrying a new crew docked smoothly with the international space station today, as US and Russian space officials on the ground argued over the conditions for future missions.