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Harrison Schmitt says he doesn't much enjoy travelling by air these days.

It has been 50 years since the world first heard Neil Armstrong's famous phrase: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, has claimed it would be easier for his company to land on the moon than try to convince NASA that the company is up to the task.

A chemical in red wine known as resveratrol could prevent astronauts' muscles becoming weak in the reduced gravity environment on Mars, a new study as found.

Scientists at a satellite earth station in Cornwall say they will be able to provide deep-space communication facilities for missions to Mars within the next five years.