Cleaning a space toilet while on work experience was Claire Parfitt's first introduction to a career away from Earth's orbit.

But there can be some major environmental consequences when things don't go to plan. Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains why the explosion is a setback for space exploration. Humanity’s ...

Readers respond to an article by Zoe Williams in which she argued the space race was pointless Zoe Williams speaks for many of us when she notes that the US space mission is pointless (Let’s stop ...