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Latest news on space and space exploration, covering NASA, ESA, SpaceX, rocket launches, Moon and Mars missions, the International Space Station, satellites, astronauts and spaceflight.

Space news follows humanity's effort to explore and use the region beyond Earth. National space agencies such as NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), China's space programme and India's ISRO work alongside private firms including SpaceX and Blue Origin. Crews live and work on the International Space Station, while robotic spacecraft and space probes study planets, asteroids, comets and the wider solar system.

Major stories include the Artemis programme to return astronauts to the Moon, plans for crewed missions to Mars and reusable rockets such as Starship. Launches from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center sit alongside missions from other nations. Debate continues over space debris, crowded orbits, the cost of exploration and the rules for activity on the Moon.

Space captures the public imagination. Photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories show galaxies, pulsars, quasars and distant worlds, while astronomers probe dark matter. Astronauts and cosmonauts become global figures, and space tourism has opened flights to paying passengers. Satellites also serve everyday life through navigation, weather forecasting, broadband and communications.

The space race began with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and led to the first human in orbit and the Apollo Moon landings. The space shuttle era followed, then the construction of the space station as an international partnership. Commercial companies have since cut launch costs and changed the industry.

Our NewsNow feed collects the latest space news in one place, from rocket launches and spacecraft milestones to astronomy, telescopes, satellite launches, space agency announcements and new discoveries. Whether you follow NASA, ESA, SpaceX or UFO stories, it keeps you close to the space story as it develops.