The European Space Agency successfully launched a new satellite designed to measure the effects of global warming on Earth’s polar ice caps today.

A new satellite scientists hope will help pin down the effects of global warming on the Earth’s ice packs more precisely is due for launch tomorrow.

A billionaire clown blasted off today on a Soyuz rocket trip to the International Space Station.

US entrepreneur Charles Simonyi has a brand new suit, and it comes with a pretty sweet ride.

A Russian rocket aiming to put 18 satellites into orbit failed and crashed to the ground shortly after lift-off tonight, the Interfax news agency reported.

A European space probe successfully reached orbit around Venus today on a mission to explore the mysterious atmosphere of Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour.

THE European Union launched the first satellite in its Galileo navigation programme yesterday, which European officials expect one day will end the continent’s reliance on the US Global Positioning System.

The first satellite in the EU’s Galileo navigation programme was launched from Kazakhstan today in a major step forward for Europe’s answer to America’s all-dominating GPS system.

A European-built probe blasted into space today in a bid to explore Earth’s mysterious neighbour, Venus.

A British probe that could provide the first proof of life on another planet was on its way to Mars tonight.

American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko were due to reach the international space station today to relieve the three crew members on board.

The three crew members at the International Space Station were today said to be grieving after they were told about the Columbia disaster by a Nasa official.

The break-up of the space shuttle Columbia on Saturday was the latest in a series of accidents since space exploration began in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite.