astronauts

Space travel, ancient Greek style

18 April 2026 9:00 am

Apollo, Artemis and Orion have not been named at random. The first two are brother and sister, and all three…

The first woman to climb Mt Blanc took 18 bottles of wine and 24 roast chickens

18 April 2026 9:00 am

The dark side of the Moon, a broken loo and a floating jar of Nutella: such was Artemis II. When…

What would life on Mars actually look like?

2 December 2023 9:00 am

It would need more than 100 million people to make it viable for a start – living in airlocked, subterranean bases, producing food and oxygen in artificially-lit greenhouses

A bird’s-eye view: Orbital, by Samantha Harvey, reviewed

11 November 2023 9:00 am

Six astronauts at the International Space Station observe the ravages on Mother Earth, but remain hopeful that mankind will find another parent planet

Space odyssey: Ed White walking in space over New Mexico, Gemini 4, June 1965 Image: James McDivitt

Cosmic sublime

4 October 2014 9:00 am

Mark Mason on the images that make grown men cry