Recognition at last for Tom Bacon, the scientist you’ve never heard of who helped put men on the moon
Cambridge home of the engineer who developed fuel system used on Apollo 11 is to receive a blue plaque
September 2024
Apollo 13: Survival review – fascinating, if clinical, retelling of space history
Netflix’s archival documentary relives the near-fatal explosion of 1970 with remarkable and urgent footage
January 2024
Why landing on the moon is proving more difficult today than 50 years ago
Moon mission records provide a clue as to why getting to the lunar surface remains far from straightforward
May 2023
‘We go for all and by all’: Artemis II crew certain of moon mission success
Called ‘humanity’s crew’, the four-person team comprises the first woman and the first person of color on a lunar assignment
August 2022
The Observer view on the Artemis deep space project: $93bn? Worth every cent
‘Look closely and there’s a tear in Armstrong’s eye’: the Apollo space missions as you’ve never seen them before
July 2022
Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11 jacket sold at auction for record $2.7m
White inflight jacket worn on mission to the moon fetches record price for a US space artefact
March 2022
Apollo 10½ review – Richard Linklater’s sensational coming-of-ager heads for the stars
Richard Linklater combines his affinities for rotoscoping and depicting the quiet magic of childhood in a wonderful paean to late-60s idealism
May 2021
Why we need an inspiring team talk to get us through the pandemic
Adrian Chiles
In moments of crisis or triumph, it’s often the simplest message that means the most, says Adrian Chiles
April 2021
Michael Collins obituary
Astronaut and pilot of the command module Columbia during 1969’s Apollo 11 mission
'Not one iota lonely': Michael Collins on flying solo during Apollo 11 moon landing – video
Michael Collins, who was part of the Apollo 11 crew and kept the command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 90
Revive the US space program? How about not
Nicholas Russell
Space exploration is an incredibly expensive and unnecessary way to ignore the many problems here on earth
December 2020
Is the UK about to have liftoff in the global space industry?
With plans for satellite launches and investment in space-based solar, can the UK become a space super power?
July 2020
Science Weekly
Are we in the midst of a new space race? – podcast
Ian Sample speaks to space policy veteran Prof John Logsdon about the past, present and future of global space policy.
February 2020
50 Years on – how Apollo 13's near disastrous mission is relevant today
The successful rescue mission was thanks to superb Nasa organisation
December 2019
Top US films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: the full list
Top UK films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: the full list
August 2019
Chris Kraft obituary
Nasa’s first flight director who controlled the Apollo moon landings
July 2019
Moon landing poem launches Simon Armitage as poet laureate
