An unmanned prototype of a spaceplane, which has been developed for the US Military, has blasted off from Cape Canaveral on an experimental mission.

President Barack Obama has announced his plans to send American astronauts to orbit Mars by the 2030s.

The Endeavour space shuttle is getting ready for a predawn launch attempt on 7February on its STS-130 mission to the International Space Station, Nasa has confirmed. This will be Endeavour’s last nighttime shuttle launch before the fleet retires.

Curtain raiser for the final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and maybe the final space shuttle mission ever.